In lieu of karate there is a case that the Okinawan people were far from defenseless.

 

Karate as more a tool developed by the Okinawan Samurai, likely was not perceived as something the ordinary person needed.

 

 

I might suggest the common Okinawan was not as defenseless as many thought, The idea of a fishing spear being thrown at me makes me think differently.

  

 

After all they had access to individuals with tool and skills using them, a Sumo tradition for the young, and even inter town competitions, thinking of the rope contests.