ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — In this week's "Around Town" spotlight, Roxanne Strouk visits Okinawan Karate to learn valuable ...

Under the direction of the central government of Japan since the 1890s, Okinawans had to learn to speak ... who taught Uechi Ryu karate, a traditional style of Okinawan karate, and Kaei Akamine ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture ... “I found that a karate dojo constituted a male-dominated community, though,” Oshiro said, looking back when she started learning the martial art when she ...

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 ...

Originating in Okinawa, Miyagi-Do is the Miyagi ... over Yukie (Nobu McCarthy), Sato continued to learn Miyagi-Do karate from the elder Miyagi. Out of respect for his sensei, Sato paused his ...