TOKYO — The ancient martial art of Karate made its debut at the Summer Olympics in Japan this week. The sport was added as a nod to the country where it developed 700 years ago. There are two types of ...

Karate is the most popular martial art in the world and is commonly associated with Japan, but it did not originate there. Karate actually started out as the art of Te, meaning “hand”, on the Ryukyu ...

Instead of a Finish of the Week for the start of this week I wanted to try something new for the MMA fans who read my pieces but aren’t familiar with the stars of other competitive striking sports. In ...

I've written plenty about Lyoto Machida's karate over the past two years, but I thought we would try something different. I usually speak at length about Machida's striking style, which is very much ...