Karate is one of Japan's most revered martial traditions, and is one of the many facets of Japanese culture that hold universal appeal and have been embraced worldwide. Part of karate's appeal lies in ...

Japan's Ryo Kiyuna took men's kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot conceded karate's maiden ...

Japan showcased their control of kata as they made it into the women’s and men’s team finals at the Karate World Championships here. The Asian nation have dominated the team events and they do not ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. At the 2020 Tokyo Games, an impressive four ...

The women's solo kata competition kicked off karate's first foray into the Olympics on Thursday with the 10 karateka performing routines in a hushed, spectator-less Nippon Budokan arena, the spiritual ...