Karate or Karatedo is one of the best known styles of martial arts in history, and is considered to be great competition sport and is featured in the Olympics. It first became popular in the United States in the 1960’s, but Karate dates back centuries. Created with Chinese help on the island of Okinawa traditional [...]

Karate history begins in China not Japan like many people believe. There were many styles of martial arts in China and the now famous Shaolin monks ran temples that also acted as training centers for those who wanted to train and learn about martial arts. They were great places for ideas to be exchanged between [...]