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 ...

Alvarez was recently inducted into the Okinawan Martial Arts Federation hall of fame, just the 11th individual to be honored since the federation’s founding in the United States in 1978. The induction ...

Auburn Mayor Dave Clark presented a special proclamation to Franz Karate recognizing October 25, 2025, as World Karate Day in ...

BUTLER – The Traditional Okinawan Karate Dojo is located at 1375 Rt. 23 South in Butler. The classes are fun, enthusiastic and filled with life lessons for children and adults. TOK (Traditional ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — In this week's "Around Town" spotlight, Roxanne Strouk visits Okinawan Karate to learn valuable self-defense skills designed for women. Located in Alexandria, VA, Okinawan ...

TOKYO — Roughly eight centuries ago, a new martial art called karate came into being on a subtropical island now known as Okinawa. On Friday, an Okinawan won the first Olympic gold medal in men’s kata ...

For many, the martial arts are simply a form of entertainment to be enjoyed in films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" or even during brutal shoot fights on Saturday night pay-per-view ...