He’s considered a national treasure in Okinawa. To be selected alongside him was really quite an honour.”Mr Smith said he first started training in the martial arts as a teenager after he moved with ...

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 ...

REDLANDS – Children looking to master traditional Okinawa martial arts can now turn to Redlands Karate, a new dojo off Alabama Street dedicated to the discipline. Owned and operated by Running Springs ...

GUELPH, ON / ACCESS Newswire / September 17, 2025 / Bushido Kids Karate, a premier martial arts school dedicated to teaching authentic Okinawan karate and self-defence, has been named the 2026 ...

Okinawan Karate Club of San Francisco, teaches traditional Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate as taught by Eizo Shimabukuro and Okinawan Shudokan karate as taught by the late Walter Todd Sensei. At OKC San ...

The grand opening of the new Yamashita International Training Center at 104 Cambridge St. in Midland will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 14. The training center is the result of a dream of Ragnar Avery, a ...

ROLLINSFORD — A Dover native will achieve the highest rank ever held by a Westerner in an ancient Okinawan martial art, to be bestowed upon him during a special public demonstration planned for ...

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting is a catchy lyric from a timeless '70s song (especially the CeeLo Green and Jack Black cover from Kung Fu Panda), but traditional martial arts training truly is more ...