Hi, I hold a black belt in karate. Karate was bought to Japan in the early 20th century?
What color belts exist?
It varies from style to style. Japanese instructors sent their instructors to the US to popularise the art.
Do you like that movie the Karate Kid?
Absolutely! I think Ralph Macchio played the role of he victim exceptionally well.
They have a new series based on that film.
Yes, I recall seeing that online, they're looking quite a bit older now though, They have a comic book out, too.
Cool.     As to being older, they are into their forties now.
in English the word "karate" began to be used in a generic way to refer to all striking-based Asian martial arts. Karate schools began appearing across the world, catering to those with casual interest as well as those seeking a deeper study of the art.
Shigeru Egami, Chief Instructor of Shotokan Dojo, opined that "the majority of followers of karate in overseas countries pursue karate only for its fighting techniques ... Movies and television ... depict karate as a mysterious way of fighting capable of causing death
However, in 1965 Taiji Kase came from Japan along with Enoeda and Shirai, who went to England and Italy respectively, and karate came under the influence of the JKA.
Influence outside Japan Italy.
Hiroshi Shirai, one of the original instructors sent by the JKA to Europe along with Kase, Enoeda and Kanazawa, moved to Italy in 1965 and quickly established a Shotokan enclave that spawned several instructors who in their turn soon spread the style all over the country. By 1970 Shotokan karate was the most spread martial art in