Introduction of karate(part1) - What's karate?１

PART 1 What is Karate?


Hello!Oss!
Today and next time,I will tell you about the concept of Karate.


This time, I'll show you what Karate(空手） is.
Karate is a kind of martial arts,Budo. Karate is also called Karatedo especially 
by traditonal schools(伝統派　dento ha）(I'll explain about this later) .Karate has mainly the techniques of punch or kick but old type of Karate,which has existed in Okinawa has techniques of a move that twists one of opponent's joints(関節技　kansetsu waza）and of throwing(投げ技 nagewaza) like judo.


In addition, in practice of Karate, we use almost all muscle so it is effective in training our body.Karate has been played all over the world and adopted as physical training in the police and  armies of foreign countries.


That's all.Thank you for reading!
Next time,I'll tell you the philosophy of Karate. Please expect next contents!


P.S.Any comments are OK. Please point out some wrong points in this article,if any.






{reference}
http://bit.ly/tZMViN　wikipedia 空手道
http://bit.ly/txwhFy　日本空手協会　津支部

Introduction of karate(part0)

Hello! I'm an university student in Japan.


In my English class,　students research in topics they are interested in and show the results on their blog.  Then I research into karate and will show the contents about karate.So please look forward to my posts!