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Originally Posted by Tenchu
I wouldn't be so sure.
This is like saying Tae Kwon Do originated from Korea; it may have in essence, but not in form.
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Well? From what I have heard of it's history and seen of it's dirreneces.. I would say that, "the LEAST", karate is the most non-Japanese of the matial arts of Japan.. when compared to arts such as Judo (Jiu-jitsu), which is Japanese.
And.. although Okinawa may now, politically, part of Japan.. it's history and culture was not, strictly, "Japanese"!