80 competitors will take part in the event which has been included for the Olympic games in 2020. At 78, sensei Masahiro Nakamoto has been waiting decades for this decision, insisting there is far ...

Ariel Torres made history on Friday with his bronze medal win in the men’s individual karate kata, the first-ever for Team USA at an Olympic Games. Torres, who ranks as the No. 10 male kata athlete in ...

TOKYO – Karate had its long-awaited moment at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last week but does it deserve a place in future Games? That is the question that will follow the Japanese martial arts’ governing ...

Karate was added to the Olympic programme in 2016 alongside baseball/softball, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding with athletes now battling to book a place in Japan's capital. A qualification ...