A new word?

[Jim Parish]

Fred Shapiro wrote, of "karate":
> I posted this here in 2004, then someone whose identity is masked in the
> archives contributed a slightly earlier 1947 citation, which then was
> pushed back slightly more within 1947 by Sam Clements.

I remember a time - probably in the early to mid-sixties - when a certain
martial-arts move was popularly known as a "judo chop"; the phrase
was later corrected to "karate chop". I haven't heard or seen either
phrase in a long time. Does anyone have any data on their heydays?

Jim Parish

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