The Director of the Karate Sector of the Italian Federation of Judo, Karate, Wrestling and Martial Arts (FIJLKAM), Davide Benetello, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Commendations by the ...

A Bermudian martial arts expert celebrated a milestone when he officiated as an instructor at the home of karate in Japan. Sensei Bob Smith has been attending the World Budosai karate festival hosted ...

TOKYO (AP) — Karate is making a push to be part of the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. New reforms by the IOC have given karate officials renewed hope that the martial art could be added to the ...

A 10-YEAR-OLD Lower Plenty boy who saved a woman from drowning is now punching above his weight in karate. Brandon Iredale featured in the Leader after he helped save Heidelberg West grandmother Nada ...

On February 24th, the 4th Karate Ambassador’s Cup was co-organized by the Embassy of Japan and the Rwanda Karate Federation (FERWAKA). The competition consisted of “kata,” in which players demonstrate ...

To Japan’s traditionalists, karate represents qualities fundamental to the national character. But to be a modern sport, the discipline has been forced to adapt. By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno TOKYO — ...

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 ...

The exact history of karate as we know it is unknown, but it is believed that the roots of it date back thousands of years. Okinawa, Japan, is regarded as the home and birthplace of karate, though it ...

TOKYO (AP) Karate is making a push to be part of the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. New reforms by the IOC have given karate officials renewed hope that TOKYO (AP) Karate is making a push to be ...