When it comes to martial arts films, The Karate Kid was a game changer when it came out in 1984. Its lasting cultural impact was a landmark advancement for the western understanding of the martial ...

The Karate Kid was one of the biggest surprise successes of the 1980s. For a relatively modest low-budget drama about a young boy's bond with an elderly martial arts master, its financial return of ...

Charlie Sheen's career would have been wildly different had he been the star of The Karate Kid, but he had already signed on ...

With the games set for Japan, the martial art will at last debut at next month’s competition Tony Perrottet; Photographs by Jun Tsuboike Yakumo Academy High School karate team members practice a kata.

Mr. Miyagi didn’t know Karate at all. Noriyuki ”Pat” Morita, who immortalized Mr. Miyagi into a cultural icon with his signature “wax on, wax off” lessons, had not studied the Japanese martial art ...

Moroccan karate champion Saïd Oubaya picked up a silver medal in the men's -67 kg kumite category yesterday at the 2025 ...

Karate Combat is ending 2025 with a bang. Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran and reigning Karate Combat Heavyweight champion Sam Alvey will defend his belt against fellow UFC alum ...

SideKick Karate of Salisbury hosted a national martial arts event, the first annual American Karate Academies National Association (AKANA) Family Reunion and Seminars, on Aug. 3-5. AKANA-chartered ...

San Diego may no longer have professional football or basketball teams, but it does have a fiercely competitive karate team ...