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 ...

The men, both Okinawans, have been identified as Kanei Uechi (1911-1991), who taught Uechi Ryu karate, a traditional style of Okinawan karate, and Kaei Akamine (1908-1977), a businessman who ...

The specific style of karate that is taught in Cobra ... This means that Tang Soo Do blends the hard elements of Okinawan ...

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were once ruled ... the traditional kata or forms of karate, a martial art that evolved from the bare-handed fighting styles of Ryukyu, practiced to develop ...