Kubonakala sengathi wonke umuntu ucacile ukuthi i-karate ivela eShayina, kodwa noma kunjalo yavela endaweni yaseJapane, kungenzeka kanjani lokhu? Sizonikeza ikilasi lomlando elifushane ngomunye wemidlalo edume kakhulu okwamanje, futhi sibonga kakhulu ngokuvela kwawo Emidlalweni Yama-Olympic yase-Tokyo 2020.
Kufanele sibuyele onyakeni we-3.000 BC lapho ubuciko bokulwa baqala ukukhuthazwa futhi sigxumela ekhulwini lesi-6 AD lapho ikarati ivela ezindaweni ezithile zase-Okinawa. Kuyaziwa ukuthi i-karate yaqala e-China nase-India, kodwa kwakuse-Okinawa lapho yaqala khona ukuthuthuka.
Okwenzeka nge-Okinawa wukuthi kuze kube yimanje kusenezingxabano, kwazise iyiqembu leziqhingi ezimaphakathi neChina neJapan. Eqinisweni, kuwo wonke umlando wesintu i-Okinawa ibilokhu ingeyamasiko namazwe futhi manje ingeyawo Japan.
Ikarati isiShayina
El karate Alizange laziwa njalo ngalelo gama, kodwa laqala ngokuthi Te, okusho ukuthi Isandla. Ngekhulu le-19 yashintsha igama layo laba ikarati ngenxa yokuduma kwayo, kangangoba yethulwa ezikoleni zase-Okinawa njengengxenye yamakilasi ePhysical Education. Lokhu kwenzelwa ukwehlukanisa ikarati kuTode okusho ukuthi Isandla futhi, kodwa kuyindlela ehlukile evela eShayina.
Njengoba indaba ihamba, imindeni eminingana evela eChina yazinza Okinawa futhi beza nayo le mikhuba yokulwa. Kancane kancane, imiphakathi yasungulwa e-Okinawa futhi ukwanda kochwepheshe bezobuciko bokulwa kwakukhula.
Ukuthuthuka kwezobuciko bokulwa nokulwa okungahlomile kwagqugquzelwa ngokungafanele umbono okhishwe uSho Hashi, ngokuvala izikhali emibusweni yakhe. Le nkosi yabusa e-Okinawa kwaze kwaba ngu-1527 futhi yakwazi ukwenza ukuthula kubusa. Phakathi nokubusa kwakhe, ubuciko bokulwa bachuma.
Ngaphambi kwe-karate, kwakukhona ngempela u-Kenpo (ngesiJapane) noma u-Chuan-fa (ngesiShayina) futhi zombili izindlela zokuphimisela i-Kanji. Njengoba i-kenpo (isibhakela samaShayina) ithuthuka, kwavela izandulela ze-karate-do, okuyi-Okinawa-Te ne-Tode.
Ngeshwa, awekho imibhalo ebhaliwe eqinisekisa i-100% lokho okushiwo osomlando. Kodwa ngophenyo, uphenyo, ukubonisana nabanye, kukholakala ukuthi i-karate yaqala e-China, kodwa yathuthukiswa esiqhingini sase-Okinawa, namuhla esingeseJapane.
Manje sesiyazi ukuthi i-karate yavela kanjani, nini futhi kuphi, okungenani iziqalo zalokho osekungenye yezindlela zemidlalo ezivame kakhulu emhlabeni wethu. Eqinisweni, kulinganiselwa ukuthi kukhona cishe Abantu abayizigidi ze-11 emhlabeni wonke owenza ikarati nsuku zonke.
Lokhu kuphumelela kufanele kube ngenxa yokuhlanganyela kuMidlalo yama-Olympic yase-Tokyo 202, nakuba ngeshwa ikarati ingakamukelwa Imidlalo yama-Olympic yaseParis 2024. Asethembe ukuthi izinto ziyashintsha futhi le ndlela yezemidlalo ifakiwe.