This article has been translated from Japanese. Discover Okinawa Karate, the 'martial art of peace' honed by a spirit that celebrates life. Titled "Okinawa Karate, the Martial Art of Peace, into the ...

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 ...

Karate originated as a martial art in fourteenth-century Okinawa. In the upcoming Olympics, karate will be included for the first time, with two divisions of competition: one for kata (forms) and one ...

There was much rejoicing in Okinawa Prefecture over Ryo Kiyuna becoming the first Okinawan native to win an Olympic gold medal after the southernmost prefecture returned to Japanese sovereignty in ...

Japanese star Ryo Kiyuna clinched his seventh gold medal of the season as he produced another superb display in the men's kata event at the Karate 1-Series A competition in Okinawa. Kiyuna ensured he ...