Karate is one of Japan's most revered martial traditions, and is one of the many facets of Japanese culture that hold universal appeal and have been embraced worldwide. Part of karate's appeal lies in ...

Eight reigning continental champions will be among the karate kata field at the inaugural World Beach Games which begin in Doha this week. A strong line-up will assemble in Qatar's capital for the ...

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese karate fighters Nguyen Thi Phuong, Nguyen Ngoc Tram, and Hoang Thi Thu Uyen triumphed over their ...

A faster and improved system for evaluating the kata competition has been tested by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The Competition Rules Commission’s test of the updated system, which aims at ...

There is no expiration date on neuroplasticity and being active is always a good thing. Traditional martial arts training has long been suggested as an activity to benefit folks across the lifespan ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Ryo Kiyuna took men's kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot conceded ...

V Vasanth Abhinandan with his MBR certificate for performing a sequence of martial-arts movements while wearing spiked shoes. (Bernama pic) Eight-year-old V Vasanth Abhinandan recently etched his name ...

There are three pillars of karate training: kumite, kata, and kihon. Most people are familiar with the first, in which two opponents face off by striking each other. But first-time Olympian Sakura ...

TOKYO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate's maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the sport's ...

Karate is one of Japan's most revered martial traditions, and is one of the many facets of Japanese culture that hold universal appeal and have been embraced worldwide. Part of karate's appeal lies in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate's maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the sport's ...