karate Definition
ka·rate (kə rät′ē)
noun
a Japanese system of self-defense characterized chiefly by sharp, quick blows delivered with the hands and feet
Etymology: Jpn, lit., prob. < kara, empty + te, hand
karate Synonyms
karate Usage Examples
Converse of object
- practice: If you are practicing traditional karate then your training will be geared toward defending yourself from a violent and untrained attacker at close range.
- teach: I asked whether anyone there was interested in taking up the art and two days later I began teaching karate to visually impaired people.
- learn: A person like this can truly be said to have learned karate.
- do: She does karate She likes to party, The dogs all run her family, They all live together happily!
- practice: However, if we wish to practice karate as a complete system of fighting, we should endeavor to include Tegumi in our practice.
- include: These include karate, community café , youth club, dance group plus many more.
Preposition: for
year: I got fit, took up karate for eight years, got back to some semblance of mobility.
Adjective modifier
- modern: The results of this combat philosophy can still be seen in modern day karate.
- traditional: So to determine exactly what traditional karate is, we should look at how the art was originally practiced.
- shotokan: John Meaney has a degree in Physics and Computer Science, plus a black belt in shotokan karate.
Modifies a noun
- katas: The beautiful thing is that the karate katas provide a direct and living link to the methods of the past.
- kick: In 1995 Glass was a few seats away from the Crystal Palace fan on the wrong end of Eric Cantona's karate kick.
- champion: My son, who was a karate champion, defended himself and one of his attackers came off worse.
- uniform: You are welcome to attend in your karate uniform with any belt that you have previously graded to.
- master: The precision with which Nakayama Sensei explained each technique is the closest thing to having a karate master teaching you the art.
- kid: Karate Kid, The / The Karate Kid 2 / The Karate Kid 3 Product Description The Karate Kid Pt.
Noun used with modifier
- sport: Ask yourself about the range at which attacks commonly take place, and at what range are the majority of sport karate techniques practiced?
- contact: Outside the academic environment, Lancelot has been a VSO volunteer in Thailand, a contact karate instructor, and a school governor.
- competition: Some of the rules are still in use today in what is known as sport or competition karate.
- teaching: Today, he's doing something he loves teaching karate.

