The South African Shotokan Karate Academy (SASKA) recently held its national black belt grading at its headquarters in Pretoria.

Vladimir Putin is boning up on his hand-to-hand combat skills. The Russian president received an 8th dan black belt in in the kyokushin-kan form of karate from the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu, ...

Matthew Pine and sensei Malcolm Dorfman. Photo: Naziya Davids-Easthorpe When Matthew Pine first walked into the Dorfman Karate, Parktown North, dojo at six years old, he was a small boy with big ...

Almost 25 years ago, BBC journalist Alex Hodgson was introduced to karate while being bullied at school. He has just become the youngest person in the world to achieve his 6th dan in JKF Wadokai, ...

Two 79-year-old women have been awarded their black belts in the martial art of karate after taking up the sport aged 74. Beryl Bellamy, from South Petherton in Somerset, and Susie McPherson, from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin — known for his shirtless photo ops, including one on horseback that grabbed international headlines — can now lay claim to another feat related to physical fitness: ...

LUTZ, Fla. — A dojo in Lutz is set to represent Tampa Bay and the United States overseas. Four black belt students at West Coast Karate will compete in the WUKF World Karate Championships in Sweden ...