Richard O’Carroll and Brendan Smullen, senior members of the Skerries and Balbriggan Karate Clubs with Michael Blount, instructor. TWO local men from the North Fingal Shotokan Karate Group have ...

Locations: Eagle Valley Elementary School and Edwards Elementary School. Date opened: The club dates back to 1973 with Sensei David Johnston as its first instructor until 1980. Other instructors are ...

Shotokan karate was developed by Yoshitaka Funakoshi, it involves longer, deeper stances for strength, dynamic kicks and attacking techniques. The English Shotokan Academy (ESA) was officially formed ...

Thirteen students from Allegheny Shotokan “Viola” Karate Dojo qualified to compete this fall in the World Karate Commission National Team Trials Oct. 26-Nov. 1 in Albufeira, Portugal. The local ...

Ten athletes from the Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club in Levelgreen competed at the USA National Karate Championships and Team USA Trials Sept. 1-5, in Chicago, Ill. Team PSKC earned 38 medals — 18 ...

A group of girls in Sydney, many with Afghan backgrounds, are learning the Japanese martial art of Shotokan karate under the guidance of Sudan's first female black belt, Rhiannon Elston reports.