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LUTZ, Fla. — A dojo in Lutz is set to represent Tampa Bay and the United States overseas. Four black belt students at West Coast Karate will compete in the WUKF World Karate Championships in Sweden ...

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Melanie Venin earned a junior black belt, her father a second-degree black belt and her mother and sister a black belt. POMPTON LAKES — Here's some good advice: Don't mess with the Venin family! The ...

Joe Pazzaglia, owner and Chief Instructor at Pazzaglia’s Kenpo Karate reports a black belt test was recently held for Robert Carpenter. On Dec. 16, Carpenter, 20, went through a grueling two-hour ...

When 90-year-old martial artist Ben Rocuskie of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was asked if he could still fend off an attacker, he didn’t hesitate. “Without a doubt. Although I’m a bit slower, I still ...