Chris Barone of Delaware Water Gap, left, gets some one-on-one instruction from Grand Master Kiichi Nakamoto, a 10th degree karate master from Okinawa, Japan. Nakamoto, who is considered to be one of ...

Students of longtime karate sensei Anthony Mirakian said goodbye to the martial arts mainstay a few months ago when he passed away at the age of 82. More than just a teacher, Mirakian was a martial ...

Master Al Wharton has recently been awarded the highest rank of tenth Dan (Judan) in Uechi Ryu Karate Do at Winterfest in Orlando, Florida. Wharton was presented with the highest rank in this Okinawan ...

Some interviews for this story were conducted in Japanese and translated by Sun Chronicle correspondent Juri Love, a native Japanese speaker. NORTH ATTLEBORO — A local karate school recently marked a ...

This month sees the release of More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story, an intimate portrait of Japanese-American comedian-turned-actor Pat Morita, who had an interesting life beyond playing Mr. Miyagi ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Ryo Kiyuna took men's kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot conceded ...

When Montez Dennis and Rudolph Barfield tested for the “eighth dan” level of mastery in the Tadashi Yamashita International Association, the martial artists weren’t trying to be pioneers or make ...

A 15-year-old karate prodigy who attained his junior black belt in 2017 at age ten is now his teacher’s first student to reach advanced junior black belt below the age of 18. Zachary Bishop has now ...