Who Else Wants To Know The History Of Karate

The history of Karate and other types of martialThere Is More To Karate Than Movies
arts goes back thousands of years. For me itBruce Lee's main focus was not to make movies,
goes back to when I started to take karatebut rather to practice the martial arts, learn their
classes in middle school after being inspired fromhistories, and develop his skill and fitness so he
watching a series of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norriscould be a perfectly physically conditioned
movies.machine. Unfortunately the only history of karate
There was nothing more exciting to me than tothat most people in the Western world know is all
learn how to kick the crap out of bullying boys atthey have seen on television or in the movies.
my school. As I got immersed into the art,And nowadays unrealistic karate moves are the
however, I found that there is a lot more to itnew fad. Jackie Chan does some quick moves in
than flashy self defense moves and seldom doeshis latest movie and everyone thinks they just
it ever involve kicking the crap out of anyone.got a lesson in the history of karate. But karate
Although Karate was around long before him, thewas not meant to be a form of entertainment, it
most significant figure in the modern history ofis meant to be a display of discipline and
karate was Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee consideredsuccessful learning through hard work. Learning
himself a true martial artist and did not limitkarate takes a lot of dedicated time and respect
himself to the study of just one discipline, butfor its history and origins.
rather he studied many disciplines, including boxing.Karate is based on self defense and not
Then he eventually developed his own brand ofaggression. Most karate classes are really great
martial arts. But Bruce Lee was also a karatefor enhancing mental focus, and discipline, as well
champion and his first real introduction to theas add the completive edge for those who like to
world was an extremely impressive display thatspar in karate tournaments. That is why karate
he put on at the1964 Long Beach Karateclasses are so great for kids and adults alike.
Tournament.Karate survives as a cornerstone of the martial
This tournament was not only witnessed byarts and as one of the true vehicles of self
many prominent martial artists but also by one ofcontrol and the ability to look deep into one's self
the crew members of the then hit televisionand find your true inner person. Karate is a quest
show Batman. From there Bruce Lee wound upmore than it is a lesson on how to punch and kick
on Batman as the "Green Hornet" and the historysomeone.
of karate would never be the same.