10/24/2026
HAPPY WORLD KARATE DAY! 🥳
On this day in 1936, senior masters in Okinawa held a meeting about the future of Karate. 🥋
Originally, the art was known as ”Toudi” (唐手 lit. ”Chinese Hand”) and taught in secrecy…
But now they decided to popularize it! 🌏
The result was a name change to ”Karate”, adopting belts and titles, standardizing styles and implementing a competition format.
If it wasn’t for this historical meeting, maybe Karate wouldn’t exist today.