Being held as an Olympic sport for the first time ever, the various karate competitions will be worth having an eye on in Tokyo All karate competitions for Tokyo 2021 will take place at the Nippon ...

Karate is set to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo. The Olympic karate competition will begin on Wednesday, August 4 and ...

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's debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism, solid contact, and -- yes -- a whole lot of yelling to our screens and the Nippon Budokan. There was the kata, which did not ...

The tournament is an acknowledgment of the martial art’s roots in Japan and a nod to its global stature. By Ken Belson Karate made its debut as an official Olympic sport at the Tokyo Games on Thursday ...

TOKYO – For karateka Ariel Torres, the first American to win an Olympic medal in karate, the road to Tokyo started with a phone call, worn underwear and a Sharpie. Five years before he took bronze in ...

After nearly a half-century of attempts to add karate to the Olympics, the Japanese martial art finally makes its debut on a temporary basis as one of five sports added only to the Tokyo program. The ...

Karate made its long-awaited Olympic debut Thursday, one of four new sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games, where athletes are fighting to win not only gold but to secure the sport’s future as an Olympic ...

For La Jolla High School junior Koji Lavinsky, winning karate championships is a matter of heart and hard work. In late September, Koji, 16, took home two gold medals and a bronze medal at the World ...

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 ...