A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with Thursday in Japan when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner only to be kicked away, police and media said, marking the latest in a ...

In this Nov. 18, 2015 photo, 9-year-old Mahiro Takano, three-time Japan karate champion in her age group practices in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Japan’s big hope in karate is from the home of the sport. Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time individual world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago.

Next stop Japan for karate kids CLIVE Henke took the national karate championships by storm this year, with gold in kata and bronze in fighting, and walking away with most-improved fighter.

LAFAYETTE — University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor Holly Damico said “sayonara” to the U.S. this week and headed off to Japan to show off her skills in the karate equivalent of the ...

A Japanese karate champion who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics testified before an ethics commission Wednesday, alleging that a federation official hit her in the face with a bamboo sword.

After Japan annexed the island kingdom of Ryukyu, native Ryukyuans — particularly those from Okinawa — brought the martial art to the Japanese mainland, and karate clubs began forming in Japan ...

Karate goes global The Japan Karate Association (JKA) was formed in 1948 to spread the study of karate both in Japan and internationally.

The Japan Karate-Do Genbu-Kai of Minnesota organization is hosting a karate tournament and seminars July 24-26. Karate students and leaders from around the country will join the group. The tournament ...