Melanie Venin earned a junior black belt, her father a second-degree black belt and her mother and sister a black belt. POMPTON LAKES — Here's some good advice: Don't mess with the Venin family!

Carria is 72 years old and originally from Rhode Island. He started learning the Okinawan style of karate at 16 in his hometown of Cumberland. As a young Marine a few years later, he said he was ...