URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back off when her instructor of an Okinawan-style dance suggested that she take karate to improve her dance steps.

Japan’s big hope in karate is from the home of the sport. Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time individual world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago.

Roughly eight centuries ago, a new martial art called karate came into being on a subtropical island now known as Okinawa. On Friday, an Okinawan won the first ever Olympic gold medal in one of ...

That level of instruction is one aspect of the camp that makes it unique. The camp enjoys a bay of instructors, many of whom are pioneers of Okinawan karate in the United States. Perry himself first ...

When Nobuko Oshiro decided to take up karate lessons in her late 20s, no one in her dojo would have thought they were looking at a future karate legend. But that’s exactly what she’s become — the ...

Sensei John Porta opened Porta's Karate-Do and Kobudo Academy in the same year, making him a pioneer of authentic Okinawan Karate in New Jersey. Celebrating his 50th year, his dojo has been as ...

Porta opened the academy in 1966, making him a pioneer of authentic Okinawan karate in New Jersey. He began his martial arts training in 1954. From 1959 to 1966, ...

Karate wasn’t Mirakian’s only passion. In 1966, he married Helen Bozkourtian and his daughter, Doreen, was born in 1967. When Helen became ill, he and Doreen cared for her until her death in 2009.

Sid Campbell, an instrumental teacher of martial arts and pioneer of karate development, died Aug. 19 at Highland Hospital from complications associated with prostate cancer, friends said. He was ...