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KARATE : CONSIDERED AS ANCIENT INDIAN ART AND WAS TOOK BIRTH IN INDIA. IT IS ALSO SAID THAT BECAUSE OF ONE INDIAN GURU CALLED 'BODHIVARMAN' IT GOT WIDE SPREAD ACROSS CHINA AND JAPAN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE TAUGHT KARATE TO MOST OF HIS CHINESE STUDENTS.

IN SANSKRIT 'KARA' MEANS 'HAND'; 'ATE' MEANS 'PLAY[ART']' i.e., FIGHT

WHICH SAYS THAT KARATE IS A FIGHT UNDERGOES WITH USE OF FISTS OR HANDS.