Karate originated as a martial art in fourteenth-century Okinawa. In the upcoming Olympics, karate will be included for the first time, with two divisions of competition: one for kata (forms) and one ...

Japan's Ryo Kiyuna took men's kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot conceded karate's maiden ...

Okinawan Karate Club of San Francisco, teaches traditional Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate as taught by Eizo Shimabukuro and Okinawan Shudokan karate as taught by the late Walter Todd Sensei. At OKC San ...

There was much rejoicing in Okinawa Prefecture over Ryo Kiyuna becoming the first Okinawan native to win an Olympic gold medal after the southernmost prefecture returned to Japanese sovereignty in ...

Karate is one of the sports that have been added to the Olympics, and will appear for the first time in the Tokyo Games next year. Its popularity has surged following the inclusion, and an increasing ...

TOKYO — Roughly eight centuries ago, a new martial art called karate came into being on a subtropical island now known as Okinawa. On Friday, an Okinawan won the first Olympic gold medal in men’s kata ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Ryo Kiyuna took men's kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot ...