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Karate originated in the Ryukyu Islands (now known as Okinawa in Japan). Okinawa at that time was a trade hub for countries like Korea, China, Philippines and Japan.
The word karate translated from Japanese to English is literally 'empty hand' Just as the word Karaoke translates literally as 'empty microphone'. karate originated from a chinese expression which translated into chinese hand which means basically martial art from china, when translated from japan it means empty hand.