Karate News

Lim Chee Wei in a file photo. He features in the men's individual kata. The other members of the men's team kata are Leong Tze Wai and Emmanuel Kuan.

MYANMAR The karate association hopes to land a gold from any of its three lady karatekas who trained for two months in Iran, while its men karatekas are gunning for a medal in team competition in the Southeast Asian Games karatedo competitions which get under way Thursday.

East Providence Police Lieutenant Armen Garo is a senior shift commander in the city's patrol division with 29 years on the job.

ShinPu Ren Karate students and their state placings are, from bottom left: Cosmo Morris Kumite 2nd; Zach Sanchez Kata 3rd, Kumite 3; Reyanna Hood Kumite 1st, Kata 2nd;Dani Hamilton, Weapons 3rd, Kata 3rd, Kumite 4th; Ivan Maldonado Kumite 2nd, Kata 3rd; Sensei Lori Morris; Jake Duchesne Weapons 1st, Kata 2nd, Kumite 2nd; Chelsea Stewart Kumite 1st, ... (more)

A Kalamazoo Township karate teacher accused of sexually assaulting three teenagers at his dojo was ordered to stand trial Wednesday after he waived an evidentiary hearing in Kalamazoo County District Court.

Women of different ages, heights, social classes and backgrounds can be found at Gaza's Karate Sports Club dressed in the classic white karate uniforms .

Vassar Bradford dominated the action at last weekend's 34th annual Alaska State Karate Championships at the Spenard Rec Center, winning titles in the black-belt division for both Kata and free fighting.

Leeds Karate Academy , who have a full-time Dojo at their Farsley base, topped the medals table at the JKS National English Open Championships in Nottingham.

Sempai Chloe Woolcock and eight of her students competed at the Riverina Martial Arts Inter-Dojo Tournament held in Wodonga on Sunday, November 24. For seven of these students it was their first time competing in the Kumite and Kata sections.

File that one under sentences we never expected to hear come out of The Goldberg 's Barry's mouth! But that's exactly what fans will be hearing and seeing from the scene-stealing middle child in tonight's all-new episode of ABC's breakout comedy, which finds Barry showing off his karate skills for his bewildered parents Murray and Beverly .

It was a proud day for the Jackson clan, but while tragic father Michael wasn't present to witness youngest son Blanket on his big day, grandmother Katherine more than made up the numbers.

Contest is a vitally important aspect of judo. Early examples include the Kodokan Monthly Tournament and the biannual Red and White Tournament, both of which started in 1884 and continue to the present day.

The cost is $485 per team. For more information, contact Troy Cox at Troy.Cox@brevardparks.com or 321-255-4400.

Invicta's seventh MMA card takes place tomorrow night, with the under card streaming right here on Bloody Elbow starting at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific.

The Western Karate Academy's annual two-day Kick-A-Thon that benefit's the Daily News Christmas Cheer Fund kicked itself out on Thursday evening.

One of the most important things that I have learned from karate is that everything is a give-and-take process.

Preview and analysis of tonight's UFC Fight Night 33 headliner between heavy-handed slugger Mark Hunt and hulking top-10 heavyweight Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva.

With determination, anything is possible. And, for two St. Lucie County women, determination has led them toward a goal neither of them expected: receiving their black belts in karate.

A number of junior members passed with one parent noting how the discipline and focus of training had improved his son's attitude.

Glenn Finke, who owns and operates the Karate Quest Dojo with locations in both Warwick and Port Jervis, recently competed at the Amateur Athletic Union New Jersey Pre-State Karate Championships in Morristown, N.J. Finke, competing in the black belt division, won gold medals in both the kumite and kata divisions as well as a silver medal in kobudo ... (more)