Karate, in the Japanese mainland, concentrated on a striking art by getting rid of the techniques called 'toutee,' which had characteristics similar to jujutsu, so as to differentiate karate from judo, partly because karate was classified as a variety of judo by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai.
本土の空手は大日本武徳会において柔道の分類下におかれていたこともあり、差別化のために取手（トゥイティー）と呼ばれた柔術的な技法を取り除き、打撃技法に特化した。