Empty Hand - Chinese Hand

I don't know when it was changed, but "karate" is now written as "Empty Hand" instead of  "Chinese Hand". Anyway, I am happy to know that nowadays karate is popular all over Japan as a unique Okinawan martial art, and it has even been officially recognized by Dai Nippon Butokukai (Great Japan Martial Virtue Association) as one of the Japanese fighting arts. However, without doubt, I am sure that the roots of karate is in China. I suppose the prototype karate might had been modified in various ways in my home Okinawa, I think we can see the evolution of karate which was influenced by the uniqueness of Okinawan culture. Therefore, maybe, it is not unreasonable to write karate as "Empty Hand" instead of "Chinese Hand".

--- Chojun Miyagi