There was much rejoicing in Okinawa Prefecture over Ryo Kiyuna becoming the first Okinawan native to win an Olympic gold medal after the southernmost prefecture returned to Japanese sovereignty ...

Japan's Ryo Kiyuna took men's kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot conceded karate's ...

“Health and fitness play a huge role in learning karate. It’s a very physical activity and we train hard to be in great ...

Onaga taught the group kata, or forms of movements which make ... I learned the spirit of karate in Okinawa, from how to use the body to what kind of attitude should be taken toward it." ...

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were once ruled by the independent ... This spirit survives today through the traditional kata or forms of karate, a martial art that evolved from the ...