A recently opened Barrington dojo didn’t take long to find success at the national karate championships. Led by sensei Brian Mertel, the garden Dojo, at 455 W. Northwest Hwy., Suite 3, took a ...

Shotokan karate was developed by Yoshitaka Funakoshi, it involves longer, deeper stances for strength, dynamic kicks and attacking techniques. The English Shotokan Academy (ESA) was officially formed ...

On the final day of the 19th Asian Karate Championship Melaka in Malaysia, the Iranian women's karate Kumite team won the silver medal with a 2-0 win in the final match against Vietnam. This was the ...

For the first time ever, karate will be a part of the Summer Olympic Games, debuting at the 2021 Olympics. Here is what you need to know about the rules of both formats of the sport. With the power, ...

The highest-ranked teacher in Shotokan karate, Teruyuki Okazaki, has died at the age of 88 due to complications caused by coronavirus. Okazaki helped found the International Shotokan Karate Federation ...

India's All India Budo Shotokan Karate Association (AIBSKA) will represent the nation as the sole contingent at the prestigious JSKA World Championship 2025 in Japan this November. The squad features ...

The prestigious competition, which was held in Nottingham, saw the cream of Britain’s karate community participate, including competitors from local club Zanshin Shotokan NI, based in Coleraine, ...

Sensei Steve Gorlick, a fifth degree black belt and world karate champion in 1995, said he was extremely proud of the Mary Valley Shotokan Karate Club fighters that competed in the Australian Open ...

The Zanshin squad, consisting of Andrew, Matthew, Michael, Oliver and Jacob attending with Sensei Terry were successful in the competition, gaining three golds, a silver and a bronze. Sensei Terry ...

MANILA, Philippines – A bunch of kids from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan could be the future of Philippine karate. The country’s karate grassroots have discovered a new breed of potential talents in ...

Ghanaian karatekas have made the nation proud by winning two silver medals and one bronze at the recently concluded West Africa Shotokan Karate Championship in Togo. The one-day event, held on Sunday, ...