Difference Between Karate vs Judo

Belonging to the sports and the self-defense category, Karate and Judo locate its origin from Japan. They may have different introductory dates, but they became a phenomenal part of Japanese culture, as part of their way of life.

The main skills involve in Karate is striking the opponent, with the basic weak spots in the body. It is a form of body, hand, and leg contact martial arts, wherein you should always be on the offensive side – attacking your opponent. The word karate mainly means “bare or empty hand,” which is the reason they do not use any material to hit. It was officially known as a kind of martial arts in the 17^th century in Okinawa, and became part of life in 1920.

Throwing and redirecting the position of the opponent is part of the basic knowledge in Judo, similar to the western wrestling sport. This needs a balance of your body and the ability to carry the weight – your own weight and that of the opponent. It is a defensive form of martial arts and aimed in tiring down your opponent until he “taps out.” It is known as a soft martial art form with a meaning of “gentle way.”

Following are key Difference Between Karate vs Judo

	Karate	Judo
Art	Striking refer as hard martial art.	Grappling refer as soft martial art.
Defense Skill	Atemizawa or striking techniques	Ukemi or fall safely
Training / Practice	Practiced without a partner	Practiced with partner
Sparring System	Pull punches and kicks to avoid injury. Strive to win by their theory one punch one kill.	Allows limited set of safe techniques in speed and full force against opponent. Strive hard to put the opponent on the ground to become the winner.
Strong point	Handle multiple attackers, can engage in long range and engage proactive if necessary.	Can control an attacker without inflicting serious injury very effective on the ground and can good in close fight.
Weak point	Hard to control an attacker without inflicting injury and very weak on ground.	Not effective against multiple attacker. Not good in long range and must wait for attacker to do the first move.
Energy	Takes energy from mother earth and uses it against opponent through blocks and counter assaults.	Drawn away from the opponent by redirecting it towards mother earth by tossing the opponent down.