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 ...

Karate is one of Japan's most revered martial traditions, and is one of the many facets of Japanese culture that hold universal appeal and have been embraced worldwide. Part of karate's appeal lies in ...

It’s only right that karate, a centuries-old Japanese style of martial arts, will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Believed to have originated on the Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa in ...

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 secured their place at the top of the medal table at the 2016 Karate World Championships after claiming both the men’s and women’s team kata titles on the final day of action here. The men’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. At the 2020 Tokyo Games, an impressive four ...

The Asian nation have dominated the team events and they do not look like relinquishing their hold on the titles at the Papp László Budapest Sports Arena. Emerging victorious in the past three ...

The eighth edition of the Japanese Ambassador’s Cup Karate Tournament, held at Kigali Universe over the weekend, stood out as a major occasion for top karate athletes and officials to showcase ...

Four new sports made their debut at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics: karate, skateboarding, surfing and climbing. But for Japan, it was karate and skateboarding – and the breakthrough performances of ...