Antedating of "Karate"

[Fred Shapiro]

karate (OED 1955)

1947 _Wash. Post_ 16 Mar. M11 (ProQuest)  Regardless of what the
occupation chiefs say about having cut out all the barbarian Japanese
sports, the students at Waseda University are still being taught how to
break arms, crack necks and gouge eyes.  It's a combination of boxing,
wrestling and kicking called karate.

Fred Shapiro


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