What types of Karate are there and what makes them the same/unique to each other?

Shotokan,Shotokai, Kyokushin and Wado Ryu are a few names of Karate-what differentiates them? What makes them similar for them to be classed as Karate?|||The term %26quot;karate%26quot; refers to an empty-hand striking system that can trace its roots back to Okinawa.





Shotokan is known for deep stances and linear, lunging movements.





Kyokushin is known for its full-contact sparring, which allows full-powered punches to the body and pull-powered kicks to the legs, body and head.





Wado-Ryu is known for combining some jujitsu locks and throws with the stances and strikes of karate.





Goju-Ryu is known for close-ranged fighting that includes grasping motions.





Isshin-Ryu is known for short, snappy punches and kicks, punching with the thumb-up (vertical) fist position instead of the palm-down (horizontal) fist position, and blocking with the meaty part of the arm, instead of the bone, like most other systems.





Shito-Ryu is known for its wide syllabus of kata, or empty-handed, dance-like forms.





Uechi-Ryu is similar to Goju-Ryu, but uses more spearing strikes with the fingertips or extended knuckles.





Shorin-Ryu is similar to Shotokan, except that it%26#039;s more upright and uses more %26quot;natural%26quot; stances.|||All karate style%26#039;s :





Goju-ryu


Shotokan ( point based system for competition)


Shito-ryu


Wado-ryu


Genseiryu


Isshin-ryu


Kissaki-kai


Kyokushinkai ( Full contact comppetition)











Karate exist out of kihon ( basis technics), kata ( fighting against no real apponents) , kumite ( fight against other fighter), tameshiwara ( braking technics)





Shotokan training is usually divided into three parts: kihon (basics), kata (forms or patterns of moves), and kumite (sparring). Techniques in kihon and kata are characterized by deep, long stances that provide stability, enable powerful movements, and strengthen the legs. Shotokan is often regarded as a %26#039;hard%26#039; and %26#039;external%26#039; martial art because it is taught that way to beginners and coloured belts to develop strong basic techniques and stances. Initially strength and power are demonstrated instead of slower, more flowing motions. Those who progress to brown and black belt level develop a much more fluid style which incorporates grappling and some aikido-like techniques, which can be found in the black belt katas. Kumite techniques mirror these stances and movements at a basic level, but progress to being more flexible with greater experience.








Kyokushin kaikan is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Masutatsu Oyamawho was born under the name Choi Yong-I .Kyokushinkai is Japanese for %26quot;the society of the ultimate truth.%26quot; Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training. Its full contact style has had international appeal (practitioners have over the last 40+ years numbered more than 12 million





Kyokushin has influenced many of the %26quot;full-contact%26quot; schools of karate, emphasizing realistic combat, physical toughness, and practicality in its training curriculum. Many other martial arts organizations have %26quot;spun-off%26quot; from Kyokushin over the years, with some adding additional techniques, such as grappling, but continuing with the same philosophy of realistic and practical training methods.The new techniques of the grappling are still only a back up. Most fighters prefer to stand.|||All of the %26quot;Karate%26quot; styles you named are Japanese, and therefore Karate by extention, as much as any Karate style created in America or Europe are Karate. Karate is the Okinawan martial art. Gichin Funakoshi is the most famous Okinawan to take his art to Japan before WWII at the height of Japanese power, just after Japan took control of Okinawa from China. He changed the name of Karate from Karate (China Hand) to Karate. (Empty Hand) This was to satisfy the will of his Japanese overlords. The Japanese then called Karate their own, and exported it to Korea, where today it is called Taekwondo or Tang Soo Do. (China Hand Way)


Karate developed in Okinawa over centuries of trade with China, and immigration. It is basically an offshot of southern Shaolin Kung Fu. The only 2 real different styles of Karate are Nahadi, and Shuridi. (Any speak of Tomaridi is guesswork, as it was integrated into Shuridi long before records were kept) Shuridi was the fighting system of the Shuri Guards, a military system that Funakoshi was trained in. All of the styles you talk about are offshoots of Shuridi Karate. Nahadi%26#039;s main modern styles are Gojuryu and Uechiryu. Shuridi is based on Naihanchi Kata, and Nahadi is based on Sanchin Kata. Nahadi was the system of the merchants living in Naha, Okinawa. (Now the largest city in Okinawa, Japan)