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.

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 ...

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.

Hudson Japanese grandmaster now helping out at successful Union City karate dojo Updated: May. 05, 2011, 2:05 a.m. | Published: May. 05, 2011, 1:05 a.m. By Michael Cohen/The Jersey Journal ...

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 ...

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.