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karate Definition

ka·rate (kə rätē)

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

n.

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.