Karate News

TROPHY HAUL: Penarth's Harrison Williams took home four trophies from the national championships of the Federation of English Karate Organisations.

PORTLAND Kyokushin Karate Club members did some team building exercises as part of the National Kyokushin Karate Camp in Queensland recently, along with some pre-dawn training sessions on the beach.

TOURNAMENT SUCCESSES: Flying the flag for Wales - and picking up a series of medals - at the national championships of the Federation of English Karate Organisations were youngsters from Vale Karate.

O'Brien, a member of the Farsley -based Leeds Karate Academy, won the cadet female kumite at the Cumbrian Open Championships, clubmate Laura Mackintosh taking bronze.

ONE Fighting Championship returns to action this Friday inside National Taiwan University Sports Center in Taipei City, Taiwan, with "War of Dragons" online pay-per-view , and we have part one of our full preview and breakdown below.

The Netherlands face Argentina for a place against Germany in the World Cup Final.

TOBYHANNA RETIREES: Tobyhanna Army Depot retirees will meet for their monthly get-together at 8 a.m. July 16 at Perkins Restaurant and Bakery, Route 315, Pittston.

Hosts Thailand will send a strong team of four exponents led by the SEA Games gold winner Songwut Moontaen to compete in the Thailand Open Karate-do Championships from July 18 to 20 at Hua Mark Indoor Stadium.

The 2009 Port Charlotte High School graduate lasted only 2 2/3 innings, giving up three home runs and a total of 5 runs.

Jack Coleman, nine, and Gracie Austin, nine, of Redlands Primary School, were presented with their orange belts after two years studying at Ryukin Ryu Karate Club.

KARATE CHOP: Nowra Karate instructor David Rush and student Owen Bourke show off their medals won at the NSW National All Styles martial arts tournament.

The designer's upcoming 'Marc' campaign uses 'normal people' found on Instagram as models.

More than 170 karate-do exponents from 13 countries including France, Poland, Ghana, Estonia, Iran, Malaysia and Thailand will take part in the Thailand Open Karate-do Championships in Bangkok from July 16-24.

On the Bassac river, rafts of water hyacinth float in the midstream current, pursued by rumbling barges and spluttering long-tailed boats vying for open water.

Music fans' jaws hit the flaw when footage of the Losing You singer raining punches on her brother-in-law was leaked online.

Frizzy locks flailing and eyes bulging, David Luiz charged towards the corner flag and karate-kicked it out the way after sending Brazil into the World Cup semi-finals with a stunning free-kick against Colombia.

At UFC 175 on Saturday night, Chris Weidman retained the UFC Middleweight Championship in impressive fashion, taking a unanimous-decision win over challenger Lyoto Machida .

Mexican police have detained a man who allegedly murdered four children and a woman in a small town in the center of the country, authorites said on Saturday, as statistics show a marked increased in the number of women being murdered.

Thelma Cagle is getting teary as she talks about why she loves 4th of July. She has orchestrated the stage events for the park celebration and, despite the heat and the early hour she rose, she remains cheery and grateful.

Kenny Robertson tries to get an arm bar on Ildemar Alcantara during their fight at UFC 175 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, July 5, 2014 Robertson won by unanimous decision.