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Wishing all the athletes a fun and safe competition weekend at the
- BC Winter Games https://bcgames.org/Games/BC-Winter-Games/
- Grizzly Classic
- QCGC Invitational



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Fan Friday - Karate
This week we will highlight the underappreciated sport of Karate.

Karate is one of the oldest fighting styles in the world with a history that can be traced back 1400 years to Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism in Western India.

Karate, or “empty hand”, was a form of martial arts that served as self-defense. There was a period in Japanese history when it was not allowed to wear weapons for protection therefore people had to learn Okinawan martial arts to defend themselves against enemies.

Karate was known as “Te” in its earliest stages on Ryukyu Island in Japan. The first teachers were Okinawan masters Sokon Matsumura and Sakugawa Kanga. This style later evolved and developed into modern Karate.

Karate’s popularity skyrocketed in mainland Japan after World War II. The Japanese Karate Association was just the beginning, as many Okinawan masters emigrated to different countries around the world and began teaching the fast-growing martial art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HmgeIpvB-Q

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