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 ...
WINTER HAVEN - Winter Haven Police officer Richard Ganey first started training in the traditional Japanese martial arts when he was 14. Now 37, Ganey is now going to be the director of Budokan of ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Japan Karate Institute is hosting a Women's Self Defense Seminar in collaboration with Verde and local nonprofit Girls That Give. According to one of the ...
TOKYO — In a small, famed, mostly empty arena here, an Olympic sport came and went. Karate was never an Olympic sport before. It is not scheduled to be an Olympic sport again. But Japan wanted it, and ...
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RANCHO PENASQUITOS — When Gakuji Tozaki, 12, of RanchoPenasquitos left last month for the All-Japan Karate Championshipsin Tokyo, he had just moved up to the brown-belt level. When he returned, he ...
WEST FARGO — Agassiz Dojo, a Japanese swordsmanship and martial arts school, has opened at 1613 Main Ave. E in West Fargo. The business, founded by Bradley Anderson, has been operating in the F-M area ...
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 ...
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