When karate was first taught in mainland Japan in the 1920s, Gichin Funakoshi and Motobu Chōki used the name karate-jutsu (, ) along with karate. The word jutsu () means art or technique, and in those days it was often used as a suffix to the name of each martial art, as in jujutsu and kenjutsu (swordsmanship).
When karate was first taught in mainland Japan in the 1920s Gichin Funakoshi and Motobu Chōki used the name karate-jutsu ( ) along with karate The word jutsu () means art or technique and in those days it was often used as a suffix to the name of each martial art as in jujutsu and kenjutsu (swordsmanship)