The New York Times

Karate’s Big Question in Its Olympic Debut: Is It a Sport or a Martial Art?

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 — ...
Inside The Games

Japan recognises karate leader

The Director of the Karate Sector of the Italian Federation of Judo, Karate, Wrestling and Martial Arts (FIJLKAM), Davide Benetello, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Commendations by the ...
The New York Times

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. By Ken Belson and Enya Toyama TOKYO — Every city that hosts the Olympics pushes for ...
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Japan Karate Institute and Verde partner for seminar benefiting My Sister's House charity

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Japan Karate Institute is hosting a Women's Self Defense Seminar in collaboration with Verde and local nonprofit Girls That Give. According to one of the ...
The Ledger

Japanese Karate class to open in WH

WINTER HAVEN - Winter Haven Police officer Richard Ganey first started training in the traditional Japanese martial arts when he was 14. Now 37, Ganey is now going to be the director of Budokan of ...