Oggi 25 ottobre 2020: Giornata mondiale del karate. Proprio una bella giornata!!!

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Oggi è la festa mondiale del Karate.
October 25th, 1936, the senior Karate masters in Okinawa held a meeting to decide the future of Karate.
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Originally, the art was known as ”Toudi” (?? lit. ”Chinese Hand”) and taught in secrecy. But now it was decided to officially make it a Japanese art.
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The result was a name change (?? Karate, “Empty Hand”), adopting Judo’s belt system (kyu/dan), creating new styles (-ryu), implementing titles (hanshi, kyoshi, shihan etc.) and introducing a competition format.
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If it wasn’t for this decision, maybe Karate wouldn’t exist today!?
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That’s why Oct 25 is celebrated as “World Karate Day”. 
