Yesterday we briefly examined the strange history of contemporary bear wrestling. But in the 1950s, Kyokushinkai Karate pioneer — and trainer of such luminaries as actor Sonny Chiba — Masutatsu Oyama ...

KENILWORTH -- Owners of Karate World of Kenilworth, Masters Jeff and Roxanne Dunn, along with their children, Jared and Gabrielle, recently returned from a trip to Thailand, where they trained for two ...

The guys thought they were pretty good fighters. But when they came up against Carlos Bedoya, instructor for the Westminster Karate Academy, they had met their match. Amid screaming cheers and ...

When you’ve taught as long as Fumio Demura, you get elaborate anniversary parties. And distinguished guests. The 76-year-old karate master, who runs the Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Genbu-Kai International ...

The sensei are teaming up. On Tuesday, Sony released a trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which will return the Karate Kid franchise to the big screen and unite two strands of the franchise for the ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back off when her instructor of an Okinawan-style dance suggested that she take karate to improve her dance steps. “I found that a karate dojo ...