Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were ... This spirit survives today through the traditional kata or forms of karate, a martial art that evolved from the bare-handed fighting styles of ...

But some key figures introduced the martial art to the mainland in ... became one of the leading styles of karate, and he started teaching in western Japan. Karate quickly became a very popular ...