Athletes competing in the female kumite division during the 63rd Kanto University Karatedo Championships are seen wearing helmets and shields covering their mouths in the capital's Nippon Budokan ...

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 — ...

For most people, karate is about as Japanese a sport as you can get — but it’s also an extremely global one. So perhaps it’s not so strange that karate’s premier tournament hasn’t been held in Japan ...

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 ...

Karate will make an Olympic debut on August 5, in a nation where the sport was born. However, already omitted from the Paris 2024 games, this may be the first and last time to see karate on the ...

Japan's Ryo Kiyuna won gold in the men's individual and team kata at the Asian Karate Championships ©WKF Olympic champion Ryo Kiyuna added a fifth individual continental title to his successes this ...

The legacy of karate in Japan was celebrated at the Karatedo Mount Fuji Junior Championship ©WKF The celebration took place during the Karatedo Mount Fuji Junior Championship, established as a legacy ...

In 1921, the explosive popularity of boxing in Japan triggered a radical transformation of karate. Seeking to compete, Japanese leaders stripped karate of its original grappling, weapons, and joint ...