Judo (柔道) and Karate (空手道) are sports for self-defence. They began in the eastern part of the world. But now many Americans enjoy them too. In fact, schools for teaching them have been opened all over the United States and Canada.
Players in both sports use only their hands, arms, legs and feet. However, the two sports are quite different. In Karate, players hit each other with open hands and with the closed fists. They also use foot for kicking. In Judo, players are more likely to throw each other. Then they try to touch and pin each other down. They also move their arms and legs in large circles. Karate moves, on the other hand, are short and quick. Players stand away from each other. They only touch one another with quick punches and kicks.
Can a Karate player beat a Judo player It depends on the players. One sport is not better than the other. They are both very good forms of self-defence. Both aim toward control of the mind and body. A wise old man in Japan had a good answer to the question. He said: "We don"t say the other martial arts of soldiers are bad. The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly. Nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it can"t move about." According to the wise old man in Japan ______.