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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArthurDent" data-source="post: 2005632" data-attributes="member: 455886">Karate is a predominantly striking martial art, originating on the Japanese island of Okinawa.Hapkido is a Korean system. Its strikes owe a great deal to karate- but like all Korean karate systems, they focus slightly more heavily on kicks than on punching techniques. They also do in a good deal of grappling, which is quite uncommon in karate.Because it covers two essential kinds of combat- striking and grappling- rather than just one, Hapkido will probably be a somewhat better idea for self-defense on the whole- but check out both schools if they're in your area, because instructor quality matters a lot more than the differences between arts.</blockquote>