Tetsuhiro Hokama, known to his students as “Hokama Sensei,” using the Japanese honorific for “teacher,” has taught old-style Okinawan karate in his home country of Japan as well as Europe, Africa and ...

NICEVILLE — A 24-year-old local man will travel to Okinawa, Japan, Sunday to compete in the first Okinawa International Karate Tournament. Jessey Burroughs, who will compete in the tournament starting ...

A Bermudian martial arts expert celebrated a milestone when he officiated as an instructor at the home of karate in Japan. Sensei Bob Smith has been attending the World Budosai karate festival hosted ...

LAFAYETTE — University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor Holly Damico said “sayonara” to the U.S. this week and headed off to Japan to show off her skills in the karate equivalent of the Olympic ...

WINTER HAVEN - Winter Haven Police officer Richard Ganey first started training in the traditional Japanese martial arts when he was 14. Now 37, Ganey is now going to be the director of Budokan of ...