Two 79-year-old women have been awarded their black belts in the martial art of karate after taking up the sport aged 74.

Students of Allegheny Shotokan (Viola Karate) Martial Arts in North Huntingdon gathered outside of the dojo in front of a 20-foot screen, like Penguins fans watching a Stanley Cup playoff game on the ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — One sport that is making its Olympic debut this summer is karate. Caroline Peters spent Friday morning learning about this ancient sport at the U.S. Karate Academy. U.S. Karate ...

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 — ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Lee never dodged a shattered champagne flute. But one of the earliest KO's suffered at Karate Combat's debut card in New York came when broken glass lined the path toward one ...

Patrick and Angela Januszewski come off as polite, engaging teenagers, with quick smiles at the ready. But put the South Beach residents in the middle of a martial arts competition and, well, that's a ...

TOKYO – For Sakura Kokumai to step onto the mat at the famed Nippon Budokan with a chance for a bronze medal in karate’s Olympic debut is a storybook ending of its own. Kokumai is Japanese-American, ...

Karate Combat has raised $18 million to fund its full-contact martial arts league that features combatants in immersive CGI environments. The league’s (mixed reality) XR technology, powered by Epic ...

The Tokyo Olympics have marked the return of fan-favorite events like swimming and gymnastics. But viewers also are being treated to a number of sports – such as karate, skateboarding and sport ...

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 ...

If you think skateboarding is a pursuit for hooded teenagers congregating under a bridge and not interested in reaching the pinnacle of world sport, it’s time to think again. That’s because ...