Where did karate in Japan originate

Karate is a traditional Japanese fighting art combined with the Ryukyu martial art of Tang hand, originating from Japanese Budo and Ryukyu's Tang hand. And the Ryukyu's Tang Hands is a Chinese martial art introduced to the Ryukyus, combined with the local martial art Ryukyu Hands developed.

The birthplace of karate is the historical Kingdom of the Ryukyus (now the Ryukyu Islands), and there are many different opinions on its origin. One of the most widely accepted by academics is: 1392, the Ryukyu Kingdom of Zhongshan King Chado sent to the Chinese Ming Dynasty to pay tribute. The Ming Emperor Hongwu sent 36 Min people to the Ryukyus. These Chinese immigrants established the village of Kume near the port of Naha and brought advanced Chinese technology to the Ryukyus. Chinese boxing was also brought to the Ryukyus at this time, and by combining it with the local fighting art of Ryukyu Hands, it developed into the prototype of today's karate, Tang Hands. This is known as the "Kume Sanjusangyo Input Theory".

In the nineteenth century, the name "T'ongata" began to be commonly used in place of "Ryukyu Hands". Some of the famous martial artists of this period were Sakugawa Kanko and his disciples Matsumura Sokuto, Morishima Kobata, and Aburaya Yamashiro of Shuri, Ukyu Kahn Ryu and Zenan (Shoryu Kobunagami Gyoji) of Pomura, and Hossei Esho and Nagahama Chikuden no Kobunagami of Naha.

Some of these Ryukyu martial artists studied kendo with Satsuma's Jaibans, and incorporated the kendo style of kendo into tangjutsu. In karate, the method of hitting a wooden stick with a shoken or hand blade was influenced by kendo's method of hacking at wooden stakes. It is also believed that karate's pursuit of the one-strike kill was influenced by the Shinsei-ryu. During this period of time, there were three main schools of karate: Shuriken, Nabate, and Pokate. All of their martial arts were spread only among a select group of people and were strictly forbidden to be leaked.

In 1879, Japan annexed the Ryukyus; as a result of the Japanese annexation, the Ryukyu scholarly class ceased to exist, which indirectly led to the loss of tangjutsu. As a result of the annexation by Japan, the Ryukyu scholarly class ceased to exist, and indirectly, the tradition of Tang Tei was in danger of being lost. Under these circumstances, the Tang hand family, Itoju Anheung, endeavored to popularize Tang hand in schools. In 1901, Shuri Ordinary Elementary School taught students Tangkatsu under the name "Karate". In 1905, Okinawa Prefectural No. 1 Junior High School (present-day Shuri High School) and Okinawa Prefectural Normal School also began to teach karate in their physical education departments. In 1936, the name "Karate" was officially changed to "Karate".