i am a karate black belt.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed by Japan in 1879. Karate was brought to Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taish\u014d era. In 1922 the Japanese Ministry of Education invited Gichin Funakoshi to Tokyo to give a karate demonstration. In 1924 Keio University established the first university karate club in mainland Japan and by 1932, major Japanese universities had karate clubs. In this era of escalating Japanese militarism, the name was changed from (\"Chinese hand\" or \"Tang hand\") to (\"empty hand\") \u2013 both of which are pronounced \"karate\" in Japanese \u2013 to indicate that the Japanese wished to develop the combat form in Japanese style. After World War II, Okinawa became an important United States military site and karate became popular among servicemen stationed there. The martial arts movies of the 1960s and 1970s served to greatly increase the popularity of martial arts around the world, and in English the word \"karate\" began to be used in a generic way to refer to all striking-based Oriental martial arts. Karate schools began appearing across the world, catering to those with casual interest as well as those seeking a deeper study of the art.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Karate seems so fun to try, especially with the self defense aspect."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Karate was actually brought to japan in the early 20th century"}, {"role": "user", "content": "20th? That doesn't seem that long ago!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yea it was brought over by an annexed kingdom and taught in japan after the taisho era"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's so interesting! I had no idea about any of this."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The first karate club was formed in 1924"}, {"role": "user", "content": "The first karate club in America or where?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "the martial arts movies of the 1960 and 70s made it more popular"}]