Martial arts were honed by ancient warriors ... Principles like internal harmony and self-discipline are core tenets. In Japan, arts like karate blended self-defense techniques from Okinawa ...

The birthplace of karate also holds a deeply rooted connection to spirituality and nature. Here’s how to plan a visit to this ...

To experience taiko is to witness lively shouts and choreographed movements from performers that mirror those of various Japanese martial arts. Here, however, blind content maker Lucy Edwards ...

are not ancient but arose in the 1920s. Japan officially recognized karate as a martial art only 86 years ago. And its origins are not in mainland Japan at all: It was born in the archipelago of ...

THIES, Senegal, June 14 (Reuters) - In a dusty alleyway in the Senegalese city of Thies, Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi lay face-down in the sand after being tossed in the air by an oversized ...

Jiri Prochazka was a football hooligan in his native Czech Republic until martial arts and an ancient Japanese text inspired him to turn from street fighting to cage fighting – and become a UFC ...

And this Irish martial art, which dates back more than 500 years, was once as central to national identity as kung fu in China or Samurai jiu-jitsu in Japan. From its 16th Century origins, ...

In a dusty alleyway surrounded by brick buildings, Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi lay face-first in the Senegalese sand after having been thrown in the air by an oversized opponent. Senegalese ...