Excelling at karate starts with your outfit. You need to tie the loops of your suit correctly - not easy for a beginner. Terumitsu Taira helps learners out until the snow-white suit no longer slips.

It's the end of a karate class and Katsutaka Tanaka isn't quite done teaching. He asks his students, all of them little kids, to repeat his closing words: "Karate is for defense only. We must exercise ...

The sparsely decorated Victory Karate Dojo & Fitness, with it bare wood floors and large mirror, belies the philosophy of its instructors: Advancement in rank and in life can be attained only through ...

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 ...

MIDDLETOWN >> A demonstration and instruction in Kenpo Karate will be offered on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in the Hubbard Room at Russell Library, 123 Broad St. Otakus is Russell Library's teen ...