Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

Former undisputed ONE strawweight kickboxing world champion Jonathan Di Bella of Canada and Italy is headed to 'the land of ...

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were ... This spirit survives today through the traditional kata or forms of karate, a martial art that evolved from the bare-handed fighting styles of ...

Some people use karate to refer to any kind of martial art, but it’s really a specific style originating in Japan. Karate uses mostly kicks, blocks and both open and closed hand strikes.

But some key figures introduced the martial art to the mainland in ... became one of the leading styles of karate, and he started teaching in western Japan. Karate quickly became a very popular ...

Four children and four parents swap the stresses of life in modern-day Britain for three weeks in Japan, being taught the traditional martial art of karate by the best teachers in the world.