With the games set for Japan, the martial art will at last debut at next month’s competition Tony Perrottet; Photographs by Jun Tsuboike Yakumo Academy High School karate team members practice a ...

Some people use karate to refer to any kind of martial art, but it’s really a specific style originating in Japan. Karate uses mostly kicks, blocks and both open and closed hand strikes.

But some key figures introduced the martial art to the mainland in ... became one of the leading styles of karate, and he started teaching in western Japan. Karate quickly became a very popular ...

Former undisputed ONE strawweight kickboxing world champion Jonathan Di Bella of Canada and Italy is headed to 'the land of the rising sun' for his next fight, but the 28-year-old veteran says ...

Four children and four parents swap the stresses of life in modern-day Britain for three weeks in Japan, being taught the traditional martial art of karate by the best teachers in the world.

“I found that a karate dojo constituted a male-dominated community, though,” Oshiro said, looking back when she started learning the martial art when she was 28. “I often heard others remark ...

Although undocumented, Okinawa has always had its own art of self ... in public. Japan has a low crime rate and seems like a safe place to be. So why would you ever need karate?

The essence of karate was explored at a special course held by Irish karate ace Oliver Brunton recently, where participants ...