DONGAN HILLS -- At 74 years of age and 120 pounds, Keigo Abe stood in front of the contingent at the Legend Karate dojo in Dongan Hills, calling out short, staccato commands in Japanese. Next to him, ...

Tetsuhiro Hokama, known to his students as “Hokama Sensei,” using the Japanese honorific for “teacher,” has taught old-style Okinawan karate in his home country of Japan as well as Europe, Africa and ...

Late last summer, renowned Karate instructor Takeshi Kitagawa made a decision to leave his native Japan for the United States when his wife, Mimi Chusid, an American, who had studied at Kitagawa's ...

From Cobra Kai to Chuck Norris, karate is known around the world -- but practitioners of the Japanese martial art are hoping the Tokyo Olympics can bring an even wider audience. After decades of ...

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 — ...

TOKYO — The ancient martial art of Karate made its debut at the Summer Olympics in Japan this week. The sport was added as a nod to the country where it developed 700 years ago. There are two types of ...

From Cobra Kai to Chuck Norris, karate is known around the world—but practitioners of the Japanese martial art are hoping the Tokyo Olympics can bring an even wider audience. After decades of ...

TOKYO: From Cobra Kai to Chuck Norris, karate is known around the world -- but practitioners of the Japanese martial art are hoping the Tokyo Olympics can bring an even wider audience. After decades ...