Posted by: harlan
"Empty hand" kanji - 08/11/08 10:45 AM
I'm sure this question has been asked countless times before...but my google-fu skills are lacking. Can someone please point me to resources/threads that touch on the naming of karate? Specifically, I'm interested in the story of the kanji for karate being changed. What were the kanji in question (can post them?), when the change...and more specifically...does 'empty' refer to anything more than a literal translation of an empty/weaponless hand?
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