Dollinger Jr., master of Flushing Karate, has been training in Tang Soo Do for 24 years and was recently promoted to 6th dan (degree) black belt, which takes six years of intense training.

53-year-old Debbie Sturge, from Margate, isn’t exactly the stereotypical image of a karate master, but Debbie is keen to prove that you’re never to old to learn and conquer new and difficult ...

When he was just 8 years old, Bart L. Ganster’s parents signed him up for karate. “I kept getting into fights,” Ganster said. “They got me into karate and made me deadly.&#8… ...

Master Lindsay, originally from Freeport, is a fifth-degree black belt in karate and operates C.S. Kim Karate in North Huntingdon. On April 27, she will officially become one of 46 people in the ...

Since 1994, Callahan’s Karate has been teaching Kenpo Karate, fitness and self-defense for children, teens and adults. And ever since the studio opened, Lexington resident Mark DiGiammarino has ...

Dan Anderson started a karate school in Gresham almost 30 years ago. At 59 years old he earned his ninth-degree black belt, and is still at the school, teaching little ones the front kicks that ...

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 ...

Robb Hogan, known as “Dragon,” is a piece of work. He stands 5 feet 11, weighs 350 pounds and is built like a giant rugby ball. He holds a fifth-degree black belt in karate, and runs a master ...

Students were awarded different belts as they advanced up the ranks toward their black belt. Vitone put them through a series of grueling tests that often lasted between six and eight hours ...

On hand to lead the class was a karate master: Fort Myers' Timothy Brooks, a shihan (master instructor) and sixth-degree black belt in the Shito-Ryu Kai style of karate.