American karate is a true sport . When you undertake going to karate courses you want first of all to learn the basic karate moves . And your ultimate goal will be to get a black belt course after you know intensive karate . The black belt in karate is the highest honor. Also dojo karate is the same as karate but you will do your training in a dojo and you will be teached by a karate sensei . In some traditional dojos you will also have to leave and work there as in old times. Furthmore the history and tradition of okinawan karate is a long and interesting one.

Japanese karate is pretty much the same as the karate done in america or in any part of the world. Judo karate however is a different form of fighting . Also known as judo it is a form of fighting that teaches the fighter to attack rather than to defend.

In the end some may say karate is all about the belts and having a belt display. Well karate is more than that it can also prove to be a way of living by .