What? "has no origin"? That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. Everything has an origin - or it wouldn't exist. Run a search on google.com for "karate origins" and you'll find quite a few pages that discuss Karate's origins. Mike
Comes from Okinawa, as a combination of the local fighting styles (called "te") and a couple forms of Kung fu (from China)
**POOF** it appeared! Andrew thats what I heard also, it is a hybrid that originated in China, which originated in India...