Karate News

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)

STUDENTS from Southport based West Lancs Karate Academy recently attended a special three day training course with two of Europe's top instructors, Sensei Pascal LeCourt from France and Sensei Nico Ibscher from Germany.

Tower Shukokai's Imogen Skipper continued her winning streak with more medals at the AMA North East Open karate championships.

Meadows plays Mr. Glascott, who teaches at Erica and Barry's school and is supervising the holiday talent show.

Seventeen squad members from various clubs throughout South and West Wales were selected for Team Wales by kumite coach Sensei Kevin O'Neill from Bargoed and kata coach Sensei Paul James from Aberystwyth.

SENIOR senseis from Worcestershire-based English Karate Association met the legendary master Moirio Higaonna, the highest ranked master of the Goju-ryu discipline.

And they were running rampant Wednesday after a note arrived from Shirley-Ann Scott, whose donation to The Daily News Christmas Cheer Fund included the names Jake and Charlie.

Fremont Moryama waves to spectators during Temecula's 2012 Santa's Electric Light Parade.

Japan International Karate Academy students Alex Tran, John Henry Glenn, Logan Miller and Samson Glenn earned their black belts, said the students' instructor, Michele Perkins.

With his mother off on the hunt for food, there was only one thing on this bear cub's mind - having fun in the snow.

When I heard a hummable little ditty during a karaoke session at my local karaoke joint here in southern Taiwan - the song was in Chinese but the lyrics contained one word in Japanese that started me on this wild goose chase, as you will see below - I was told by Taiwanese old-timers who knew the song and the melody that they thought it was ... (more)

City Jews and other victims has pushed a rabbi and seventh-degree black belt to teach locals martial arts instead of the Torah.

VALE Karate students were once again among the honours when Cowbridge hosted the seventh of this season's Welsh Karate League tournaments.

Rather than go party in Las Vegas as friends had done, the mother of three left her husband to hold the fort so she could fly to the outskirts of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, and live for two weeks like a regular Muay Thai fighter.

Waltham Abbey Karate Club competitors claimed their best ever results at the Shotokan Karate England Championships held at Harlow Leisurezone.