Karate

Hey guys, today I would be talking about the martial art karate. Many people think that karate is relatively weak but in reality, karate is actually very deadly. Karate actually teaches many moves that aim for the vital points in the human body. Due to this, many moves in karate cannot be use in competition which makes it look weaker compared to other martial art.

Karate originated from Japan in the Ryukyu island  in what is now Okinawa. It was developed partially from indigenous fighting methods called te which mean hand and from Chinese kenpo.  Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles. A karate practitioner is called a karateka.


Karateka practices their punches everyday by punching wooden poles wrap around by straw. This cause their hands to be really hard and enable them to deal a huge impact to their target. It is said that getting hit by their bare fist unguarded is like being hit by a solid rock. Karateka also learn various hand techniques like the spear hand, eagle claw, middle knuckle fist, spear finger and the flat fist. All this hand techniques can do incredible damage to the human body if train to perfection as the surface area is small and all the force is pass through that small area. This hand techniques can easily destroy hard materials like brick and wood.


Karateka also practices kicking and elbow techniques though they mainly focus on hand techniques. But this does not mean that their kicking and elbow techniques are mediocre compared to other martial art. 

This post is to raise awareness to the people who have the mindset that karate is weak, I was one of them as I felt that karate was rather weak compared to other martial arts but i was wrong. Karate very is actually very deadly when there are no restrictions to it. So please don't get into a street fight or a brawl with a karateka or else you would be in deep water.