Karate is one of Japan's most revered martial traditions, and is one of the many facets of Japanese culture that hold universal appeal and have been embraced worldwide. Part of karate's appeal lies in ...

India's karate contingent triumphed at the JSKA World Karate Championship in Japan, securing multiple medals. Kumaran and ...

Japan secured their place at the top of the medal table at the 2016 Karate World Championships after claiming both the men’s and women’s team kata titles on the final day of action here. The men’s ...

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 karate's maiden ...

It’s only right that karate, a centuries-old Japanese style of martial arts, will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Believed to have originated on the Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa in ...

Japan showcased their control of kata as they made it into the women’s and men’s team finals at the Karate World Championships here. The Asian nation have dominated the team events and they do not ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. At the 2020 Tokyo Games, an impressive four ...

The women's solo kata competition kicked off karate's first foray into the Olympics on Thursday with the 10 karateka performing routines in a hushed, spectator-less Nippon Budokan arena, the spiritual ...

Composer Gene Coleman, a Guggenheim-winning luminary in the worlds of experimental film and avant-garde music, is more the type to show up for a residency at a prestigious music festival rather than ...

TOKYO — The ancient martial art of Karate made its debut at the Summer Olympics in Japan this week. The sport was added as a nod to the country where it developed 700 years ago. There are two types of ...