Onaga taught the group kata, or forms of movements which make ... I learned the spirit of karate in Okinawa, from how to use the body to what kind of attitude should be taken toward it." ...

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were once ruled by the independent ... This spirit survives today through the traditional kata or forms of karate, a martial art that evolved from the ...

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 ...

There was much rejoicing in Okinawa Prefecture over Ryo Kiyuna becoming the first Okinawan native to win an Olympic gold medal after the southernmost prefecture returned to Japanese sovereignty ...