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KARATE * THE EMPERORS * STATESIDE 565 * UK

The beginning of karate is believed to have its origins in India with a man named Bodhiharma. Fourteen hundred years ago, he traveled to the Shaolin Temple , in China , to give a lecture on his religion to the monks. Bodhiharma felt the soul and body were inseparable. Thus, the need for good physical conditioning. There was a mini vogue for karate songs around the mid 1960s - predating the bigger Kung Fu craze in the mid 1970s - two other karate songs were: Chubby Checker's Karate Monkey and  Jerry-O's Karate Boogaloo. Karate is an energetic and  fast paced dance number that was originally released on Mala 543 in the US, it was the groups debut, they had two more releases on Mala then one on Brunswick.

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