Karate

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Karate is a fighting style practiced by SpongeBob and Sandy and once for Patrick in the animated television show SpongeBob Squarepants.

Early History

Karate is a martial art developed in Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called te and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands (karate chop). Grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles. A karate practitioner is called a karateka.

Practitioners

SpongeBob

SpongeBob Squarepants likes Karate and is quite skilled at it but Sandy Cheeks has shown to have more skill. SpongeBob wears red gear, consisting of headgear and gloves, and it appears as an attack for SpongeBob in all of the Nicktoons Unite games except Globs of Doom. He usually pronounces it as "Kah-rah-teh".

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Sandy

Sandy knew karate before moving to Bikini Bottom.

She happens to know when SpongeBob is about to surprise her, and attacks him before he has a chance to attack. this shows that Sandy is much better at karate than SpongeBob. Ironically, she is defeated by him in two occasions in the episode, "Karate Choppers."

Her karate gear is green and consists of only a pair of gloves, since there is probably no headgear for her helmet/head.

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During the events of Karate Island, SpongeBob is invited to visit Karate island, while Sandy isn't, but her karate is much better than his. Sandy decides to tag along. When SpongeBob is chained to his throne, Sandy is forced to use her karate skills and save SpongeBob. Her gear is also an attack that is used in Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano island. Her gear is the color green which is for the most advanced karate fighter. She also does not use any helmet for protection since she does not need it.

Patrick

Patrick has only done Karate in Karate Star but apparently, he is very good at it. He can chop a cinder block, a ship, and many other things in Bikini Bottom. However, the Karate got to his head and he quit doing Karate. His gear is blue, consisting of a headgear and gloves. Since his gear is blue, it shows that he lacks discipline.

Squidward

In the upcoming episode Squid Defense, it has been announced that Squidward will be taught how to do karate. This is the only information on Squidward's karate.

Karate Island

Karate Island is a place where the supposed "King of Karate" is destined to arrive to. When SpongeBob and Sandy arrive, it was revealed to be a hoax which the proprietor, Udon, forces others to buy real estates. It seems that they randomly chose persons to be forced into buying the estates as SpongeBob and Squidward were scammed with the title of whatever their "specialty" is.