What is Kung fu? What is Karate ? 
Then ask, What is the difference between Karate and Kung fu?
Historically, I got exposed people living in the islands of Okinawa in southern Japan for martial arts Chinese because of the close proximity to China. With the passage of time, and put Okinawa Japanese and their own styles now known as karate from the original influence of Chinese methods. Although both use similar techniques many, most kung fu and usually have a variety of styles from more techniques compared to karate systems. It's almost like the Japanese streamlined a number of techniques from Chinese systems to develop karate. Japanese also modify the way in which the implementation of techniques in karate because it has become more linear. This is particularly evident in the forms or kata (traditional sequence of moves set) where karate techniques are performed with movements that have distinct position is fragile and go suggestions.

Kung Fu is a general term for many types of martial arts of China, each of which is a clear system in itself. For example, Eagle Claw is a completely different style of fighting Tai Chi Chuan, but both of them kung fu systems because they both Chinese. It is said that many styles of Kung Fu originated in the Shaolin Temple, a famous Buddhist monastery of warrior monks. Different styles of kung fu fighting styles often markedly different strategies. Simply Kung fu isn't a style of fighting, in Chinese it just means what you're good at. 

Karate is a martial arts origin in the Ryukyu Islands, which is the largest of Okinawa. There are several systems of karate Okinawa, including the Rio Shorin-, Goju Ryu, Shito Rio and others. Okinawa is a region in Japan, and was for several centuries, but the cruelty they have their own culture which is different from the rest of Japan. China was recently a significant impact on the culture of Okinawa, and was originally known from martial arts and Okinawa "te Carrie," a phrase meaning "China hand", or in other words, "Chinese boxing." Later this phrase was changed to "te Kara" or "empty hand". Although they developed fighting traditions of Okinawa were clear of Chinese origin, in a different direction with the passage of time, and modern karate has a completely different look and feel of Chinese Kung Fu.

When two Masters of Karate vs Kung Fu who would win in a fight?, to better answer another questions is on the way:
karate vs kung fu - which is better?
Although i have heard the argument, that no style is greater and it depends on the fighter, i stiil do not buy into that argument totally.

An experienced kung fu fighter vs a experienced karate fighter?
John Smith took I am assuming that you want to say, "in fact, 1, ten years of the greatest kung fu master of kung fu in the world. Actually 2, John Smith took ten years of karate is one of the greatest in the world. Meet in fact (3) and combat (GSPC). trained for 13 thousand hours, and the result is ... "
Then I would say what style of kung fu? You realize that there are certain styles of kung fu that would dominate the karate there are certain styles that dominated karate. Methods that will be lost to karate is not bad, it just means they were not designed to fight karate, instead buy it something else.


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Note that:
Karate and Judo are from Japan, Kung Fu is from China, and Tae Kwon Do is Korean. Judo deals mainly with throws and keeping your opponent off-balance, TKD is mainly kicking, and Kung Fu actually has different styles such as wushu, very large movements and what Jet Lee specializes in and Wing Chung, close up, arm and wrist wrapping/locking and is the style Bruce Lee studied before developing Jeet Kune Do, That is why Kung fu Vs Karate will won.

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Shotokan Karate Vs kyokushin techniques

Comparison between the School Kyokushinkai Karate and Shotokan Karate Schools. For more realistic and objective we will take all aspects of both styles point by point.

In general comparison between Karate Shotokan against Kyo Kushin Kai Karate:
Both styles of Karate are styles of Japanese martial arts and mat be considered that each style is a different independent martial arts almost.
Shotokan is a straight style that tends to rely more on strength and speed than skillful deflection. Their training is intense but they tend to favor kata over sparring. Their gradings I know nothing about because I've never been to one. Their tournaments tend to offer three formats, Kata, semi contact point sparring and continuous gloved full contact sparring with minor points scored for throws sweeps, punches and kicks and major points scored for knockdowns and knockouts.
It has a heavy Japanese influence. 
Lyoto Machida is a Shotokan student.

Kyokushin is a mixture of the two and the newest. It is a point and circle style meaning that students are taught the direct Shotokan path first then start practicing the more skillful Goju-ryu style deflections, it also uses the Muay Thai low kicks. Training is a heavy push towards fighting and perseverance. Gradings are generally a test of stamina, ability and sparring. The shodan grading is at the very least warm-ups and basic technique with the lower grades, a five km run holding a punching bag over your head, kata with the lower grades, a breaking demonstration, holding the bo out for fifteen minutes, running end to end of the hall doing push-ups, sit-ups, burpies and squats, Kata with the higher grades, Sanchin kata while a higher grade hits them and forty rounds of Kumite. Kyokushin tournaments have four formats Kata, non-contact point sparring, K-1 rules matches and the full-contact bare-knuckle tournaments that they're famous for.
Bas Rutten and Georges St Pierre use Kyokushin as their stand-up style.
K-1 has always been chocked full of Kyokushin students.

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In depth Comparison of Shotokan and Kyokushin Karate:
Main difference are in Speed ​​and dodgy of Shotokan and Kyokushinkai:
The speed, lightness and dodgy is the most important requirements for player of martial arts Kyokushinkai speed and dodgy is a few somewhat, but some of the players has super speed in Performing strikes Shotokan characterized by speed, evasion and the sudden onset, these properties make shotokan is more effective in real fighting.

Strength and rigidity in Karate Shotokan and Karate Kyokushinkai :
Weak player will face a lot of difficulties while fighting against the largest and most powerful of him, therefore power is also one of the strongest requirements of martial arts
Kyokushinkai depends mainly on the strength and hardness,it beats the Karate ten times in the power of endurance!!

Shotokan has one of the biggest disadvantages which is lack of sufficient rigidity during the fighting sessions and this is something that has helped in joining the International Olympics after being ruled out in after Olympic's new law which excluded shotokan.

Differences in Techniques and skills of Kyokushinkai and Shotokan Karate:
Martial arts Techniques are a set of movements that knows the fighter to reach full strong movement.
Kyokushinkai is often lack the ideal technique because most strikes is performed in serial striking technique by hands then followed with kicks on lower leg or thigh (or vice versa)
Karate Shotokan is characterized by abundance of techniques.

Default Style of the game or comprehensiveness:
Differences in Punches, Blocks, and kicks of Karate Shotokan against Kyokushinkai:
Any of the martial arts is not complete. Most martial arts lacks one aspect or another of fighting skills. for example Judo player misses a beating skills and player of taekwondo misses skills of throwing and so on.

Kyokushinkai aim on prevent the punches on the face, hands makes the player of Kyokushin (in the street) more vulnerable to injury,his hands that do not protect him enough and also his familiarity with the style of fighting Kyokushinkai also does not protect his face as required, however, this lack of face protection technique may be offset by the rigidity of his body and resilience.
Shotokan: the most comprehensive in the strikes, protection and style points it makes Shotokan Karate player counter intuitive faster and faster in strikes too.
Image show high kick of both styles of karate.
Differences in Strikes of karate shotokan and Kyokushin kai:
Kyokushinkai strikes are very strong especially strong kicks, but the style of Arbitration of game leagues judging to win the player most strikes and this makes some strikes especially targeting in the stomach are just to little increase in points, but at the same time be strengthening exercises and hardness of the other player.

Strikes in Shotokan are weak and very limited (in official matches) and this is the outlet of many on this game but the way it blows and the diversity of skills than game Kyokushinkai much skilled player of Shotokan which is rich of a lot of smack punches and kicks that are repayable on sandbags which are special exercises in addition to his normal training.

Differences in matches, leagues, Point system between Kyokushinkai and Shotokan.
Matches of Kyokushin kai and league is resolved rounds either by points or knockout and duration of 5 minutes per round, or four (I'm not sure) and after each round there is voting, if is not whipping the flags of the parties for more than one rule held a second round.

Matches of Karate Shotokan are less the trouble with that the judgment stop the players after every shot and see the rest of the referees If there is a calculation of the point is the calculation by the vote, for example, if the voice of judgment the arena point (Zhangjiakou Zucchi) for the red and was one of the referees had not seen the point, and the second was not charged by the third lineage of player the other rule, the vote is the most powerful scene is. And be the match of the round one period of 3 minutes and ended in a draw if there will be another round of one-minute (Anchosn) and if it did not win any player be any point the final thing is to vote.

Conclusion the main differences between Kyokushin and Shotokan are:
The fighting stance in Shotokan tends to be more traditional and low, while Kyokushin use the traditional stances to train in but fight in a Muay Thai stance that is higher than the Shotokan
The training in Kyokushin dojos tend to be more intense with lots of body conditioning and bag work, while the Shotokan places I trained in have more focus on karate history and meditation than Kyokushin. Shotokan tournaments are semi-contact or point or non-contact, Kyokushin has full contact tournaments. The Kyokushin kata is different as it takes influence from Goju karate as well as Shotokan. Karate students have held at least four UFC championship belts. most styles of karate use sparring gears in tournaments.

Differences Between Kung Fu and Karate
Are confused a lot of people on the terms of "Karate" and "Kung Fu", treated as synonyms or simply a lack of understanding of the difference between these systems. The term does not refer in fact to one military art, both in terms of are the words of a blanket for a wide variety of distinctive styles. Karate tradition to return to Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, while kung fu is Chinese systems.

Both kung fu and karate techniques are usually taught through drills a solo practitioner punches, kicks and uses the pitch and in accordance with the principles of this style. However, the exercises, or "kata" Karate Okinawa look very different from those of kung fu. Kung Fu solo groups are often too long and tend to be based on continuous flow and movement which leads directly one method to another without stopping. Karate Kata and often shorter, and there are distinct pauses between techniques that can give karate performance rigid appearance compared with kung fu.

Hard Versus Soft
Some people think of the difference between karate and kung fu in terms of softness against hardness. Kung Fu techniques tend to use a circular motion patterns and emphasis on grace and elegance of the practitioner, while karate techniques tend to move in straight lines and solid strength, and the emphasis on attack power. However, it is doubtful whether they should really be kung fu styles seen as any softer of styes karate. For one thing, there are many styles of Kung Fu that it is difficult to generalize. In addition, the ultimate goal of all means of fighting is to achieve victory over the opponent, so discrimination on the basis of technical appearance of limited importance.

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