page_title: Karate
hierarchical_section_title: Karate
context_page_description: Karate is a Japanese martial art. It was developed in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom in what is now Okinawa Prefecture.
  Karate uses all parts of the human body as a weapon such as the hand, fist, elbow, leg and knee.
  Karate training has three main sections:
  kihon is learning the basic techniques or fundamentals;
  kata is the training of form, the specific order and way of using techniques;
  kumite is to learn how to fight using those techniques.
context_section_description: Karate (空手) is a Japanese martial art.  It was developed in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom in what is now Okinawa Prefecture.
  Karate uses all parts of the human body as a weapon such as the hand, fist, elbow, leg and knee. 
  Karate training has three main sections:
  kihon (基本, きほん) is learning the basic techniques or fundamentals;
  kata (形（型）)　is the training of form, the specific order and way of using techniques;
  kumite (組手) is to learn how to fight using those techniques.
caption: A karate student wearing a karategi.
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