Karate (redirected from Krotty)

karate: see martial arts.

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karate

Martial art in which an attacker is disabled by crippling kicks and punches. Emphasis is on concentration of as much of the body's power as possible at the point and instant of impact. Striking surfaces include the hand (particularly the knuckles and the hand's outer edge), ball of the foot, heel, forearm, knee, and elbow. In sporting matches (usually lasting about three minutes) and in sparring, blows and kicks are stopped short of contact. Performances are scored by a panel of judges. Karate evolved in East Asia over a period of centuries, becoming systematized in Okinawa in the 17th century, probably by people forbidden to carry weapons. It was imported into Japan in the 1920s and spread from there to other countries. See also tae kwon do.

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karate

a. a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat, employing smashes, chops, kicks, etc., made with the hands, feet, elbows, or legs

b. (as modifier): karate chop
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Karate 

a Japanese system of self-defense without weapons, using blows of the arms (edge of the hand, fist, elbow) and legs against the most vulnerable parts of the human body (for example, the solar plexus, carotid artery, liver, or nerve ganglia). It is also a form of combative sport. Its origins lie in means of self-defense without weapons known by various Asian peoples even in ancient times.

The modern system of karate was created at the beginning of the 20th century by the selection and modernization of the techniques of jujitsu. The founder of this modern system is considered to have been G. Funakoshi (1869–1957) of Japan. Since then, it has become widespread in the countries of Asia and Latin America and in the United States, France, Spain, and elsewhere. In the middle of this century, it was recognized as a separate variety of combative sport. In 1968, an international karate federation was formed; in 1972, it included about 40 separate national federations. The first international karate championship was held in 1970 and the first all-European championship in 1971. In matches, the combatants only indicate the use of this or that technique without carrying it out fully, so as not to injure each other. They are dressed in the traditional garb of judo fighters and fight on tatami mats. Competitors are not divided into separate weight categories. Karate is not widely studied in the Soviet Union.

D. I. GULEVICH and B. P. KARIAKIN