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 ...

We move over to the lawn of the Okinawa Karate Kaikan training and museum complex where Taira set up two cement blocks and laid a layer of roof tiles over the space between them. The tiles are not ...

The men, both Okinawans, have been identified as Kanei Uechi (1911-1991), who taught Uechi Ryu karate, a traditional style of Okinawan karate, and Kaei Akamine (1908-1977), a businessman who ...

The Karate Kid franchise has accomplished considerably more than just spinning kicks, raising prodigies, and tournament ...

Many familiar faces from The Karate Kid movies returned in Cobra Kai, but the most impactful were Daniel LaRusso's three love ...

Japan officially recognized karate as a martial art only 86 years ago. And its origins are not in mainland Japan at all: It was born in the archipelago of Okinawa, a long-independent kingdom whose ...

Okinawa Day will return for its fourth year at the Blue with a full schedule of activities, celebrating the unique ...

Eight karate players from the Punjab branch of the Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Federation of India (OGKFI) brought glory to the ...

Eastside High School graduate and U.S. Army veteran Steven Franz has been involved in karate for many years, and he’s made a ...