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Karate is a general word that can include Taekwondo. I studied Taekwondo and people would refer to it as karate.

arnold, i see. by the way, do Americans recognize Kung Fu as Karate? Koreans do not like the fact that Taekwondo is called karate.

Some do and some do not. It depends on the person. I think that many kind of don't think too much about that.

Then Kung Fu and Karate are decided in different fields?

they might be of the same general field

However, isn't Kung Fu called karate?