It’s a chilly evening in Emeryville, where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their ...

Studying martial arts and teaching English as a second language as a young man in Japan provided a strong foundation for the teaching and research interests of Dr. Stephen Covell, Mary Meader ...

Kashima-Shinryu equips its practitioners with skills to face off against cavalrymen and giant savage boars. However, since giant boars rarely terrorize UCLA students on their daily commutes to class, ...

The world’s best martial artists are facing off in Tokyo, stepping onto a stage with hundreds of years of history. On the 3rd Hour of TODAY, senior international correspondent Keir Simmons reports on ...

A San Antonio man who is a master instructor of the multidisciplinary martial art kenseido has achieved the highest ranking in the discipline of any kenseido teacher outside of Japan, the ...

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 ...

Sonny Chiba was a prolific actor known for his Japanese martial arts movies, which featured his brutal movements and fearsome facial expressions. Chiba died at age 82 due to complications from COVID.