Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open handed techniques such as knife-hands, Karate, Kungfu, Judo there are famous self defensive arts, but still general awareness of the origin of these arts are still a shadow for common people. In the olden days man tried for a defense from the other creatures which lead to the origin of self defensive arts. By general opinion may be India is the place of origin for these arts, but by reality it is developed in countries like Japan, China and South Korea and become famous as much it could be added to the defense of those countries. It is used for self- defence and discipline.