Karate: My View, Myself Wk41

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"In karate, there is no first strike. Karate is about finishing a fight before it starts." - Gichin Funakoshi.

"Karate begins and ends with courtesy." - Anko Itosu

The brutality and the fierce look the fighters have always make the fight interesting, it is a game of respect because it starts with a courtesy and ends with a courtesy. The kick on the head and lower waist region is one of the tough kicks that can bring down the opponent.

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Karate is widely known as martial arts which focuses on kicks, blocks, and punches. This karate originates from Japan, it teaches discipline and self-control and also makes views on respect that's why there's always a courtesy between the fighters at the beginning of every fight and the end.

I am often confused when I see a karate practitioner and also a taekwondo practitioner, but I found the difference when I researched while trying to make this post. Karate and taekwondo are very popular martial arts around the globe, I'll be making some difference to clear the confusion

• Karate originated in Japan while taekwondo originated in Korea

• Karate deals with respect, self-control, and discipline.
  Taekwondo deals with physicality and mental control and also deals with speed, power, and how agile it can be.

• karate focuses on hand techniques like punches and blocks while taekwondo majorly focuses on kicks technicality which involves the speed and agility of the legs.

My uncle had a gym that also hosted taekwondo and karate which I watched then, it seemed to balance the contest as I Viewed the theme for the week, I was able to watch them practice but I didn't have a mobile to take photos of them. It is stored in the memory and I had a good View of what karate looks like.

Here are the lists of techniques used in karate.

• Hand Techniques
  As the name implies, this technique makes use of the hands, this hand technique is used for blocking, punches, striking, and also grabbing. There are lots of moves done with the hand techniques.

• Foot Technique
  This technique uses the foot for kicks and stamps on its opponent.

• Escapes
  This is a technique used in escaping from grips and tackles made by the opponent.

Source

KARATE KID by Jakie Chan and Jaden Smith, I am sure this is the movie that 87% of people will think of when they come across this question about a karate movie. This movie shows resilience, determination, and hard work.

It shows a young boy who left his hometown with his mom to try out a new area which is in China, upon arrival he moved out to know his environment more, as a young social boy. He was kicked on by bullies playing basketball.

Throughout his stay in school, he was bullied by the students there, and these students were all into karate very brutally. When he peeped to the training floor finding his bullies and master, the master made a statement, "show no mercy". He was so astonished by that as he ran off.

Fast forward to the end after he was trained by Jakie Chan his master in the movie, he made a very skillful move at the end to knock down his opponent even with a broken leg and to know this opponent is that bully. He went on to win an award.

It is worth it, I would recommend you guys to watch. I am sure most of you have watched it already.

I would love to take karate to the next level with @whizzbro4eva and @basil20 they deserve to get those moves

Would love to invite @davidmarkgeorge @johnmitchel and @precious9 to take part