TOKYO – For Sakura Kokumai to step onto the mat at the famed Nippon Budokan with a chance for a bronze medal in karate’s Olympic debut is a storybook ending of its own. Kokumai is Japanese-American, ...

The exact history of karate as we know it is unknown, but it is believed that the roots of it date back thousands of years. Okinawa, Japan, is regarded as the home and birthplace of karate, though it ...

Green's Karate in Hixson is the only Chattanooga-area martial arts school that sends competitors to the USA National Karate-do Federation national championships for traditional karate, and the ...

It has been Michael Matsuda’s lifelong passion to keep the history of martial arts alive for the public, and after 20 years of doing so, he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Matsuda’s Martial Arts ...

Joel Westbrook, a student at Green’s Karate for nearly a decade, is set to make U.S. Karate history. Mr. Westbrook, who competes in a wheelchair and has earned 40 gold medals, will become the first ...