Uechi-Ryū karate Master Neil Stone (far right) with students, Brian Edmonds, Frank Paetzold and Erika Cross-MacDonald, who were promoted to sixth degree black belt earlier this year. Courtesy ...

Master Al Wharton has recently been awarded the highest rank of tenth Dan (Judan) in Uechi Ryu Karate Do at Winterfest in Orlando, Florida. Wharton was presented with the highest rank in this Okinawan ...

Hard work and dedication have paid off for five Bermuda Uechi Ryu Academy students who all passed Junior Black Belt Grading with flying colours. Tre Simmons, Will Spriggs and Tobiah Goodchild all ...

Kanbun Uechi developed his masterpiece after becoming disillusioned with the fight schooling he encountered in China in the late 1800s, yet he drew upon their many revered forms of Chinese martial ...

ATKINSON — Six people in North America hold the honor of Grand Master and 10th-degree black belt in the Okinawan Uechi-Ryu style of karate and one of these martial artists lives here in Southern New ...

KALAMAZOO, MI - In a squat, wooden building tucked away in Kalamazoo's Southside neighborhood, you'll find one of the country's most decorated martial arts practitioners. It's far from a flashy ...

Some interviews for this story were conducted in Japanese and translated by Sun Chronicle correspondent Juri Love, a native Japanese speaker. NORTH ATTLEBORO — A local karate school recently marked a ...