URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back off when her instructor of an Okinawan-style dance suggested that she take karate to improve her dance steps. “I found that a karate dojo ...

“Health and fitness play a huge role in learning karate. It’s a very physical activity and we train hard to be in great mental and physical health,” Mott said. In addition, he said, karate is about ...

Baldo, who teaches a traditional style of karate called Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do, has taught martial arts in Armonk since 1997. He says that his youngest karate student is 3 and his oldest is 62.