More than four decades after the original won over critics and audiences alike, a new installment with Ralph Macchio and ...

A Japanese karate champion who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics testified before an ethics commission Wednesday, alleging that a federation official hit her in the face with a bamboo sword.

In Japan, karate is like what basketball or football is here,” she explains, noting that talented young athletes can get scholarships to special junior high schools, high schools, and colleges ...

Japan’s big hope in karate is from the home of the sport. Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time individual world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago. Share full article ...

Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was developed 700 years ago.

Four locally owned businesses are coming soon to the Mall of Monroe, 2121 N. Monroe St. Mall owners are now looking for more businesses to fill the remaining eight to 10 vacant storefronts.

A karate master lost a lawsuit claiming a haunted house should pay for injuries he caused a worker dressed as a ghost. AFP via Getty Images During a 13-year legal battle, the injured “ghost ...

Masao Kagawa, coach of the Japanese national karate team, is expected to attend the karate championship in Union City on Sunday, Oct. 17.Union City will host the first JKS Pan American Karate ...

The 10-week program for kids between 6 and 12 costs $60 and covers the uniform, which is a white traditional Japanese karate uniform. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A karate expert in Japan who broke a haunted house worker’s jaw with a kick in 2011 has lost his lawsuit against an amusement park. The man, who admitted to drinking before entering the haunted ...

Sparring came to karate very late after it came to mainland Japan. Kenwa Mabuni (founder of Shito Ryu) played with the idea in the thirties, as did Gigo Funakoshi (son of Gichin Funakoshi, founder ...

Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was developed 700 years ago.