Did you know that the Okinawans had their own form of Karate? The difference was explained by Hawaii Seibukan Karate master Masakazu Teruya. “Japanese Karate was derived as more as more of a highly ...

LANSING — Seikichi Iha was a son of Okinawa and a Lansing treasure. He was born in 1932 on the small island prefecture less than 500 miles south of mainland Japan. He lived through the Battle of ...

GUELPH, ON / ACCESS Newswire / September 17, 2025 / Bushido Kids Karate, a premier martial arts school dedicated to teaching authentic Okinawan karate and self-defence, has been named the 2026 ...

The Japanese Okinawa islands have the biggest population of living centenarians in the world, and apart from the climate and healthy lifestyle, the martial art of Karate, that was born here, may have ...

The Okinawan style of karate — Uechi-ryu — has been practiced for 800 years in Japan and China. But for some disabled students and their teachers, the ancient martial art has taken on new meaning.