TOKYO - Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate's maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the sport's historic debut ...

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 ...

The 31-year-old's Aug. 6 achievement in karate’s “kata” event in Tokyo also had special meaning because the sport of karate originated in Okinawa and it is where kata is performed by a wide ...

The progress of some of the younger karateka was also celebrated during the Goju Karate Academy’s prize-giving. Award ...

C EBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Women’s Kata team flew to Pamplona, Spain to campaign in the Karate World Cup National Team Championships that will kick off on Friday, November 22 ...

Sensei Keval Kumar, Chief Instructor of the ‘School of Karate Do – The Way of Self Defence,’ and his talented team of ...