Some interviews for this story were conducted in Japanese and translated by Sun Chronicle correspondent Juri Love, a native Japanese speaker. NORTH ATTLEBORO — A local karate school recently marked a ...

Master Al Wharton has recently been awarded the highest rank of tenth Dan (Judan) in Uechi Ryu Karate Do at Winterfest in Orlando, Florida. Wharton was presented with the highest rank in this Okinawan ...

Recently Master Ihor Rymaruk’s Amsterdam Okinawan Uechi-Ryu Karate School held promotional examinations for student advancements. Qualifying students were tested on their knowledge and physical ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a new experience for the city dwellers as they watched in awe the Karate manoeuvres performed by black-belt students of Shihan K V Manoharan, the chief instructor of Okinawa ...

ATKINSON — Six people in North America hold the honor of Grand Master and 10th-degree black belt in the Okinawan Uechi-Ryu style of karate and one of these martial artists lives here in Southern New ...

As you enter the Jungleplex complex you hear Master Instructor Darin Yee shouting out “ich, ni san, chi” a numerical cadence in Japanese to which over 50 karate practitioners are doing their ...