Karate is one of the traditional national sports in Japan. It takes a lot of training and skill. If you want to earn karate you really have to work hard at it. And you usually have to go to a special school or join a karate club, because it isn't generally taught within the regular school system.
Judo and karate are both traditional martial arts. And they both emphasize training the mind and body as well as self-defense. But judo uses grappling and throwing techniques, while karate uses the hands and feet as weapons.
Did karate originate in Japan?
Let's just say that there are different views about that. Japanese usually think of karate as Japanese, originating in Okinawa. In China they consider it Chinese and call it kung-fu. In Korea they think of it as Korean and call it tai-kwando.
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