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 ...

Ariel Torres made history on Friday with his bronze medal win in the men's individual karate kata, the first-ever for Team USA at an Olympic Games. Torres, who ranks as the No. 10 male kata athlete in ...

The kata is one of two disciplines of karate (the other kumite, or sparring) and will be introduced to the Olympics for the first (and likely only) time in Tokyo. Hong Kong is fielding Grace Lau ...

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 ...

V Vasanth Abhinandan with his MBR certificate for performing a sequence of martial-arts movements while wearing spiked shoes. (Bernama pic) Eight-year-old V Vasanth Abhinandan recently etched his name ...

There is no expiration date on neuroplasticity and being active is always a good thing. Traditional martial arts training has long been suggested as an activity to benefit folks across the lifespan ...

TOKYO (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 conceded ...