Point Loma has a new addition to its growing number of successful sports franchises: a karate team celebrating a world ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Karate has fought a long, hard battle to earn its place as an Olympic sport. Despite its 100 million practitioners worldwide, a solid place in popular culture and a rich history that ...

Students of Allegheny Shotokan (Viola Karate) Martial Arts in North Huntingdon gathered outside of the dojo in front of a 20-foot screen, like Penguins fans watching a Stanley Cup playoff game on the ...

Karate Combat Heavyweight champion Sam Alvey attempted to defend his crown opposite former UFC knockout artist Robelis ...

SANTIAGO, CHILE - MARCH 09: Gabriela Bruna of Chile(red) fights against Lady Garcia of Ecuador (blue) during Women’s -50kg Karate during day three of the X South American Games Santiago 2014 at Centro ...

A new international mixed martial arts federation is planned with the goal of staging the popular combat sport at the Olympic ...

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 — ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Lee never dodged a shattered champagne flute. But one of the earliest KO's suffered at Karate Combat's debut card in New York came when broken glass lined the path toward one ...

Karate Combat has raised $18 million to fund its full-contact martial arts league that features combatants in immersive CGI environments. The league’s (mixed reality) XR technology, powered by Epic ...

The Tokyo Olympics have marked the return of fan-favorite events like swimming and gymnastics. But viewers also are being treated to a number of sports – such as karate, skateboarding and sport ...

TOKYO (AP) — Karate is making a push to be part of the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. New reforms by the IOC have given karate officials renewed hope that the martial art could be added to the ...

Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time individual world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago. By Ken Belson and Enya Toyama TOKYO — Every city that hosts the Olympics pushes for ...