ethnocentric?

[opr1945]

Let me see if I got this.

Karate started with an Indian monk Bodhidharma. He brought it to China. Where it acquired Chinese names.

Then was carried to Okinawa and given Okinawan names. Then it spread to Mainland Japan and given Japanese names.

Also to Korea where it was given Korean names.

Also to the US where it mostly kept Japanese names. (Even some recently created styles in the US have been given Japanese names?)

 

[Badhabits]

The whole Bodhidharma thing is up for debate.
Okinawa had its own indigenous fighting methods that were pollinated by southern Chinese methods, karate was eventually born from this. From there, yeah it was spread to other countries who modified it for their own purposes. There's a pretty good rabbit hole as far as karate history goes. If you like that sort of thing it's worth doing some deeper research.

 

[Same Trick]

Let me see if I got this.

Karate started with an Indian monk Bodhidharma. He brought it to China. Where it acquired Chinese names.

Then was carried to Okinawa and given Okinawan names. Then it spread to Mainland Japan and given Japanese names.

Also to Korea where it was given Korean names.

Also to the US where it mostly kept Japanese names. (Even some recently created styles in the US have been given Japanese names?)

Bodhidharma - holds a deeper meaning, that proves true in what you are writing here - something(an enlightenment) that spread out all over to all parts, in your case of notice - to all parts of the world.

Bodhidharma - holds a numerical value of-2, and so refers to our universal reality of yin and yang. So whatever the name of karate its deeper fundamental layers fits anywhere for anyone.