When 90-year-old martial artist Ben Rocuskie of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was asked if he could still fend off an attacker, he didn’t hesitate. “Without a doubt. Although I’m a bit slower, I still ...

There’s no established ‘secret’ to living past 100, but the people of the Japanese island Okinawa seem to be onto something. Okinawa is recognised as a Blue Zone, which means its people live long and ...

For a long time, Akira Nakazato, manufacturing manager of Mizuho Distillery, one of Okinawa’s oldest awamori producers, had been thinking of making another spirit. Sales of awamori, the islands’ ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – This weekend at the Hawaii Convention Center, the 43rd annual Okinawan Festival is filling the first floor, and this year is actually a significant year. Tonkatsu @ Honolulu brings ...

From the outside, Okinawa looks like paradise. But this Japanese island with stunning white sand, crystal clear water, and mangrove jungles has been through a lot. In 1945, the immensely bloody Battle ...

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EL CENTRO — Behind the unassuming exterior of a nondescript brown building on Fourth Street, a master of Okinawan karate teaches respect, humility and the art of karate to his 60 students. At the ...

CHATHAM – At an age when many are slowing down, Carlo Bracco is just hitting his stride, recently earning a black belt in Okinawan karate at 65. A Chatham resident since 2012, Bracco was awarded the ...

Before the release of Karate Kid: Legends, Ralph Macchio has some news to share. "I am [a] black belt now. I'm just going to have to start breaking that news," he told AP Entertainment in an interview ...