What's the difference between Judo, Karate, and Kung Fu?

Try looking them up on youtube.





Karate (Empty Hand) is a japanese martial art originating from Okinawa. It is defensive and includes kata, punching, blocking, kicking, etc.





Judo (Gentle way), is from Japan and originated from Japanese jujitsu. Today, it is practiced as a sport, much like Kendo is practiced as the sport of swordfighting, judo focuses on the throwing/grappling aspects of japanese jujitsu. It can be used in self defense, and is considered a martial art.





Kung Fu is of Chinese origin. Don%26#039;t know too many specifics about it, except that it includes kata and uses many animal forms, as well as weapons. But I reckon it depends on the school.|||First let me say that Karate is not from Japan...... It is true that there are styles from Japan, but Karate came from Okinawa. It was introduce to Japan in the early 1900%26#039;s. There are many different styles of karate in Okinawa and Japan. They vary in emphasis, but all have strikes, punches and kicking techniques. Judo is from Japan an is only a little more than 100 years old. It was created by Dr. Kano from jujitsu. Jujitsu is self-defense that uses throws, joint locks, chokes and some strikes. Judo was created as a sport. Basically the main difference in judo and jujitsu is that Dr. Kano left out some of the more dangerous techniques to create a sport. However Judo can still be dangerous. Kung-Fu in a generic term for many styles of Chinese martial arts. It is estimated that there are between 300 and 400 different types/styles of Kung-Fu in China. It uses strikes, kicks, throws and joint locks. Some styles also incorporate weapons into the training. It would take several large books to explain in greater detail but this is basically what you asked.





Hope this helps!|||Martial Arts has many different styles and these are just a few of them. Judo is all about close combat and grappling(wrestling) to submit the opponent of it could be used for self-defence.Karate litterally means empty hand in Japanese, it originated from Japan and there are many style of Karate, for example I study Go Ju Kai, there are hundreds of types and we study kata, self defence, Sparring, Bunkai, and others. Kung Fu originates from china and is all about how to react quickly. This was originally created to protect yourself from samauri%26#039;s with practically anything|||Judo originated in Korea, and is mostly based on throws, using your opponents own body weight and momentum against them.


Karate is more of a striking, attacking martial art which originated from Japan. Karate is often meshed in with Tae Kwon-Do (from Korea, like Judo and Hapkido), simply cuz Americans know the term karate better than Tae Kwon-Do. Most american %26quot;karate%26quot; schools actually teach t.k.d.; cuz it%26#039;s more defensive (and thus more real-world applicable) than traditional karate.


Kung Fu originated in China, and is much more of a show art than a fighting art. Don%26#039;t get me wrong- of course there are many useful and even lethal techniques in kung-fu; but there%26#039;s also alot of wasted movement. It looks really awesome to see kung-fu masters doing all the flip-kick, crouching tiger, circus-type moves; but in reality- they have little or no practical application. That%26#039;s why the great Bruce Lee took everything that was useful from kung-fu, eliminated everything wasteful, and created Jeet Kun-Do. Unfortunately- due to Lee%26#039;s untimely death, there still aren%26#039;t many Jeet Kun-Do instructors and/or schools around, so it%26#039;s still not considered a %26quot;major%26quot; martial art, and prob. never will be. I def. wouldn%26#039;t advise challenging someone who knows Jeet Kun-Do; cuz that means they were more or less trained by (prob someone trained by) Bruce lee himself. So if there is a superior martial art, I%26#039;d have to say Jeet Kun-Do; though it will prob. never reach the popularity of karate and t.k.d... hope that answers your question.|||judo is mostly throws, karate is self-defense, and kung fu is based on the reactions|||Mainly they r just in different parts of the world.|||i%26#039;m insulted