The Origin Of Okinawa, The Ryukyu Symbol (Hidari Gomon), and Karate 

Very good video, my mom is Okinawan and she would tell me all kinds of stories of Okinawa like the tricksters Kijimuna and her families castle ruins (Agena) but I honestly never knew how important the Ryukyu symbol was

The fighting style they brought back wasn't known as karate it was called "Te" I think it was actually the Okinawan word for "Chinese" and "Hand" The word "Te" means "Hand."

Tragic and beautiful

very cool

The story I remember from my sensei was that there was only one envoy, and when he was brought to the oil pot, the emperors guards were on his left and right, and he jumped into the pot pulling the two guards with him.

Please make a video of the ancient tombs that are in Okinawa and Main land Japan and also Irland.. also about ancient cartography of Japan

Good story and well done video. There is no evidence that samurai ever studied Karate and while many versions of that origin story exist, the Hidari Gomon is also found on ancient temples in Korea and Tibet so it probably is an old Buddhist symbol that was adopted.

I am very surprised at the size difference of Okinawa compared to mainland Japan. I always pictured Okinawa as much bigger. It's like Rhode Island compared to Alaska.thank you

Excellent story. Very informative and even if it isn’t the only version of the origin of the symbol it’s certainly the one I will always remember first. Also I liked the balance of in front of the camera narration and the edited together video clips. I personally like the style of your videos still including you talking to the camera, and not just becoming a faceless voice talking over spliced together video.

Well done again Matt. Very informative.

LOVED this story.

Interesting. If you get the chance, I highly recommend a visit to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum in Naha in the Omoromachi district. The museum is very well done and I enjoyed my visit there three years ago. Also, I am the last person on this earth who should say anything about pronunciation of Japanese words, but I noticed you pronounced karate like most Americans, including myself before. Americans say "karati" when it is actually karate, which I think means open or empty hands. Sort of like Americans say kerioki, when it should be karaoke, which means empty orchestra I think. I could be wrong. Just thought you might like to know. Take care

What is the difference between right-comma format and left-comma format ?

Awesome story! If you have a chance to also research another Okinawan hero by the name of Tobi Asato. Back when I was young , saw a documentary about an Okinawan man trying to fly even before the Wright Brothers. Now I cant seem to find much in the net about him for whatever reason.

Good story but i dont like too much history have you seen karate kid thats great history and karate kid 2 mr miyagi. You guys watch it oh thats good thanks nice to see you again be safe

Teaching the art of karate to samurai, lol.

The art is called Tang Hand from Tang dynasty China. Karate is warfare; no sport.