On Friday, an Okinawan won the first Olympic gold medal ... to the 14th century and the arrival of the first Chinese martial arts practitioners into what was then the independent Ryukyu kingdom.

Karate’s long journey to international stardom is believed to have begun in the 1300s, when the first practitioners of Chinese martial arts made their way to Okinawa, an enclave of subtropical ...

such as the Gyokusendo Cave and the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, for those who want to explore more than its martial arts culture. The cave is one of the top tourist spots in the Okinawa World zone ...

After learning the unarmed combat techniques of martial arts, the monks could journey safely, and so they traveled around China, Okinawa and Japan, disseminating the martial arts. The ideal ...

There are two styles of martial arts represented in The Karate Kid, Okinawan Karate and Korean Tang Soo Do. Kreese’s Karate is Tang Soo Do mostly because the choreographer for the original films ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't ... called ‘gamaku’ and ‘muchimi’ were not found in Chinese martial arts,” she recalled. “I became convinced that karate came into ...