Okinawan Martial Arts

There are two different martial arts that both fighting techniques come from are Okinawan martial arts and Japanese martial arts. But I'm going to be explaining about Okinawan martial arts first. Okinawan martial arts were formed in 1372, the Chinese martial arts were introduced to Ryukyu Islands (it becomes Okinawa, Japan later) by visitors from China. Chinese families immigrated to Okinawa sometime in 1392 for cultural exchange, where they established the Kumemura community and shared their knowledge of a wide variety of Chinese arts, science, and marital arts. The early styles of karate are Shuri-te, Naha-te, and Tomari-te; they were named after the three villiages from which later on they would merge. I'll explain about the Japanese Martial Arts on the next post.