Question: Where did karate develop?
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Karate Canada is the national association representing the sport of karate in Canada.
Formerly the National Karate Association (NKA) of Canada, the organization was founded by Masami Tsuruoka.
In 1964, Masami Tsuruoka and four other karate instructors incorporated the association in the cities of Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City, and Tsuruoka was elected the first president of the organization.
The NMA was organized to promote and develop the art of traditional karate in Canada into a respected sport and to provide a framework for Canadian competitors to gain international recognition.
In March 2009 the NKA assembled its National Council, chairs of key committees, athlete representatives and select provincial and territorial representatives for a strategic planning retreat where they voted to investigate changing the name of the organization to Karate Canada.
Today Karate Canada represents several traditional karate styles active in Canada.
Karate Canada includes all ten provinces and two territories and is recognized as the national sport governing body of karate in Canada by the Canadian Federal Government.
It is partially funded through Sport Canada.
Each province and territory has a local organization which represents their interests and concerns at the national level, and is responsible for the standards and development of traditional karate within their respective provincial or territorial jurisdictions.
Karate Canada is the only national Canadian karate organization recognized by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Pan American Games.
Karate Canada conducts annual competitions, and the winners are the only karate athletes recognized as national champions by the COC and Sport Canada. 
, literally "the hall for the study of the way of karate," is a Japanese school of karate developed by Kanken Toyama (1888 – 1966).
Characteristics of Shudokan karate include large circular motions with an emphasis on covering and its own unique "kata".
Toyama's karate training began at the age of nine in 1897 with Itarashiki, although he studied with Yatsusune Itosu for 18 years, until the latter's death in 1915.
In 1907 Toyama was appointed ""shihandai"" (assistant master) to Itosu at the Okinawa Teacher's College, and he and Gichin Funakoshi, who later developed Shotokan karate, were the only two students to be granted the title of "shihanshi" (protégé).
Some people believe that Kanken Toyama outranked Gichin Funakoshi, who did not have the rank of "shihandai".
In 1924 Toyama moved his family to Taiwan where he taught in an elementary school and studied Chinese Ch'uan Fa, which included Taku, Makaitan, Rutaobai, and Ubo.
In early 1930 he returned to Japan and on March 20, 1930, he opened his first dojo in Tokyo.
He named his dojo "Shu Do Kan" meaning "the hall for the study of the karate way."
Toyama taught what he had learnt from Itosu and the Ch'uan Fa and did not claim to have originated a new style of karate.
In 1946, Toyama founded the All Japan Karate-Do Federation (AJKF) with the intention of unifying the various forms of karate of Japan and Okinawa under one governing organization.
As Toyama did not view the Shu Do Kan as a distinct style of karate, but merely a place for training, he did not appoint a successor.
Thus, the organization he founded fragmented after his death in 1966, although his student Toshi Hanaue maintained the original Shu Do Kan. A few other schools based on Toyama's teachings still exist such as Doshinkan.
Today, a minimal overseeing of the Toyama lineage of Karate is done by Kanken Toyama's son, Ha Toyama. 
Karate developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.
It was brought to the Japanese mainland in the early 20th century during a time of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the Ryukyuans.
It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taisho era.
In 1922 the Japanese Ministry of Education invited Gichin Funakoshi to Tokyo to give a karate demonstration.
In 1924 Keio University established the first university karate club in Japan and by 1932, major Japanese universities had karate clubs.
In this era of escalating Japanese militarism, the name was changed from ("Chinese hand" or "Tang hand") to ("empty hand") – both of which are pronounced "karate" – to indicate that the Japanese wished to develop the combat form in Japanese style.
After World War II, Okinawa became an important United States military site and karate became popular among servicemen stationed there.
The martial arts movies of the 1960s and 1970s served to greatly increase the popularity of martial arts around the world, and in English the word "karate" began to be used in a generic way to refer to all striking-based Oriental martial arts.
Karate schools began appearing across the world, catering to those with casual interest as well as those seeking a deeper study of the art.
Shigeru Egami, Chief Instructor of Shotokan Dojo, opined "that the majority of followers of karate in overseas countries pursue karate only for its fighting techniques ... Movies and television ... depict karate as a mysterious way of fighting capable of causing death or injury with a single blow ... the mass media present a pseudo art far from the real thing."
Shoshin Nagamine said "Karate may be considered as the conflict within oneself or as a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training and one's own creative efforts.
"In 2009, in the 121st International Olympic Committee voting, karate did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority vote to become an Olympic sport.
Karate was being considered for the 2020 Olympics,—however at a meeting of the IOC's executive board, held in Russia on May 29, 2013, it was decided that karate (along with wushu and several other non-martial arts) would not be considered for inclusion in 2020 at the IOC's 125th session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September 2013.
Web Japan (sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) claims there are 50 million karate practitioners worldwide, while the World Karate Federation claims there are 100 million practitioners around the world.
Karate started to develop in the former Yugoslavia in the 1960s.
Some of the first sensei's from Japan to come over were Nagaoka Skokiči and Tecuji Murakami.
Karate Klub Partizan was among the first Karate Clubs that were formed in the former Yugoslavia.
Initially being together with the Judo federation, Karate separated into its own federation in 1969.
The main style of Karate that was trained was Shotokan, while Vadorju was also present in a few clubs. 
In July 1961, Nishiyama moved to the United States of America at the invitation of his students from the SAC, and founded the All American Karate Federation (AAKF).
It was around this time that Tsutomu Ohshima invited Nishiyama to take charge of his karate students in the US, as Ohshima was planning to return to Japan following completion of his US university studies.
The arrangement did not work out satisfactorily, and was to be a source of bitterness between the two men.
Four years later, in 1965, Nishiyama organized the first United States vs. Japan Goodwill Karate Tournament.
He wrote a long letter on the state of karate tournaments, published in 1967 by "Black Belt" magazine.
In that letter, he warned of the dangers of unqualified competitors and officials.
In 1968, he organized the first World Invitational Karate Tournament, held at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
In 1973, Nishiyama co-founded the Pan American Karate Union and was elected its first Executive Director.
He became Executive Director of the International Amateur Karate Federation (IAKF) in 1974.
The first IAKF World Karate Championship was held in Los Angeles in 1975.
The organization would later become the International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) in 1985.
In 1979, the AAKF became the American Amateur Karate Federation (and kept the same acronym).
Nishiyama was elected as the inaugural President of the new AAKF.
Through the 1980s, Nishiyama served in a variety of administrative leadership roles, including President of JKA International (USA), Chairman of the AAKF, and President of the ITKF.
He was based in Los Angeles, where he had settled with his family, but travelled across the world to teach karate.
Nishiyama was featured on the cover of the December 1986 issue of "Black Belt" magazine.
In 1989, he published the "Traditional Karate Coach's Manual".
In the early 1990s, Nishiyama's refusal to align his ITKF organization with the World Union of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) caused the International Olympic Committee to suspend its recognition of WUKO as amateur karate's international governing body.
The ITKF and WUKO had been due to merge and form a unified karate organization, but this did not eventuate.
The WUKO eventually became the World Union of Karate-Do Federations in late 2008.
In 1999, the United States Senate honored Nishiyama by presenting him with the US flag that had been flown on October 10 (his birthday) that year over the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The flag was awarded in recognition of his contributions to traditional karate.
At the request of US Senator Slade Gorton, the accompanying letter stated: "I would like to thank you for your many years of service to this country.
Your efforts in bringing the art of Karate to the United States Armed Forces has been immeasurable.
On behalf of your grateful students and friends, I wish you the best in your many endeavors."