i have a black belt in karate.
[{"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": "I took karate classes as a kid, but I don't know much about it."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well Karate was introduced to Japan in the early 20th century."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, I thought it would be earlier, IDK why.  "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Before being introduced to Japan, Karate originated in the Ryuku Kingdom which was annexed by Japan in 1879."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Ahh, gotcha. Are there different types of practices of karate?  Or is it all basically the same?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are many styles of karate. Karate hit peak popularity when martial arts movies were made in the 1960s and 1970s. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I wonder if that's when karate classes in the United States started too?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would say it has a huge correlation to its popularity around the world at that time. People were looking to practice karate seeking a deeper study of the art and just casual interest."}]