Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time individual world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago. By Ken Belson and Enya Toyama TOKYO — Every city that hosts the Olympics pushes for ...

When it comes to martial arts films, The Karate Kid was a game changer when it came out in 1984. Its lasting cultural impact was a landmark advancement for the western understanding of the martial ...

When Bruce Schram was 8, a neighbor taught him some judo moves. A year later, he started learning Chinese kempo. He stuck with it until he joined the Navy at 17. Schram studied other martial arts ...

When Bruce Schram was 8, a neighbor taught him some judo moves. A year later, he started learning Chinese kempo. He stuck with it until he joined the Navy at 17. Schram studied other martial arts ...

Did you know that the Okinawans had their own form of Karate? The difference was explained by Hawaii Seibukan Karate master Masakazu Teruya. “Japanese Karate was derived as more as more of a highly ...

BUTLER – The Traditional Okinawan Karate Dojo is located at 1375 Rt. 23 South in Butler. The classes are fun, enthusiastic and filled with life lessons for children and adults. TOK (Traditional ...

EYGELSHOVEN, Netherlands – When John Carria is not serving as the site director for the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, he can often be found practicing and teaching Uechi-Ryū, an ...