A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with Thursday in Japan when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner ...

There are said to be about 130 million karate practitioners worldwide. A group from Switzerland visited Okinawa in southwestern Japan on a package tour for a 10-day course in mid-April.

karate spread to mainland Japan and later the world by karate masters from Okinawa. Today, about 100 million enthusiasts enjoy the martial art globally. According to the Okinawa prefectural board ...

Undeterred, Campbell is eyeing a return to the world championships in three years, when it will be held again in Japan. By ...

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.

He established “Shito-ryu”, which became one of the leading styles of karate, and he started teaching in western Japan. Karate quickly became a very popular sport. Nakahashi Hidetoshi with his ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back off when her instructor of an Okinawan-style dance suggested that she take karate to improve her dance steps. “I found that a karate dojo ...

The pair are due to fly to Japan on Friday A mother who is preparing to compete together with her daughter for the first time at an international karate competition in Japan has described it as a ...