Excelling at karate starts with your outfit. You need to tie the loops of your suit correctly - not easy for a beginner. Terumitsu Taira helps learners out until the snow-white suit no longer slips.

Tetsuhiro Hokama, known to his students as “Hokama Sensei,” using the Japanese honorific for “teacher,” has taught old-style Okinawan karate in his home country of Japan as well as Europe, Africa and ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 Olympic ...

Karate is more than just a martial art; it embodies a rich history and profound philosophy that has shaped its practice over centuries. Understanding its origins reveals not only the evolution of ...