What is the Chinese Kung Fu history of Karate?

Okinawans learned kara-te (empty hand) from trade with the Chinese. One of the earliest Chinese empty hand styles was Chuan Fa (Shaolin Temple Boxing). During this time, the Japanese already had a number of martial arts with little or no Chinese influence. Later, the Okinawans introduced their martial arts to a Japanese people that already had Japanese jujitsu styles from the samurai. Over time, the Japanese martial artists learned from each other and styles borrowed from one another. Many Japanese kenpo systems are a combination of Chinese, Okinawan, and Japanese martial arts.