A 7-year-old Fullerton girl is now among the world’s youngest martial arts black belts. Second grader Isabella Hanson got her black belt Tuesday after having passed a test in which she broke six ...

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Black belts in karate, and in the movies, have become a dime a dozen. Yuji Okumoto, a third-generation Japanese-American, is a brown belt who plays a black-belted villain in ”The Karate Kid II.” He is ...

Spend some time with Matthew Fulton, who just celebrated his 15th birthday, and witness the real essence of karate. Matthew has studied karate for nearly six years, helps lead classes, shouts like a ...

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 ...

Four Chun Kuk Do karate students from Beaufort's Club Karate were promoted to the rank of first-degree black belt at a recent regional examination in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Jessica Lehnert, Noah Pate, ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- Christopher and Caitlin Holland defended themselves Saturday from a baseball bat, stick, knife and pistol to become the first set of twins to earn Karate Tech black belts in ...

Mumbai's Shaheen Akhtar, 52, is a rarity. She is the first Indian woman to serve as an Officiating Referee at the Asian Games here. The assignment coincides with her appointment as a member of the ...

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 ...

The Associate Professor and co-lead of University of Northampton's Centre for Health Sciences and Services is a committed martial arts enthusiast, just like her husband and four sons. A University ...