A 400-year-old Japanese martial arts practice has made it to the Greater Gardener area thanks to Mike Caruso's passion. Caruso has trained for over 17 years in the Japanese staff and sword practice, ...

Studying martial arts and teaching English as a second language as a young man in Japan provided a strong foundation for the teaching and research interests of Dr. Stephen Covell, Mary Meader ...

With the games set for Japan, the martial art will at last debut at next month’s competition Tony Perrottet; Photographs by Jun Tsuboike Yakumo Academy High School karate team members practice a kata.

To Japan’s traditionalists, karate represents qualities fundamental to the national character. But to be a modern sport, the discipline has been forced to adapt. By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno TOKYO — ...

Asia is known for martial arts. Martial arts movies from countries like China, Japan, and Thailand have become extremely popular, with films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ong Bak, and Hero ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A book written by samurai in 1888 reveals martial arts practices for police of the day. These ...

A translation of a martial-arts book published in 1914, which was written by a woman for women, describes a group of Japanese women who banded together to form the Women's Self-Defense League in order ...

The robot cowboys and saloon girls of “Westworld” met their match when the HBO show, now in its second season, revealed the parallel universe of Shogun World. But ninjas and geishas programmed with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who ...

Aug. 21, 2021 — NFT-Japan Inc. and Rizin Fighting Federation, a well-known Japanese mixed martial arts and kickboxing federation, announced the future launch of “Rizin Fighting Collection,” a ...