“I often heard others remark that women cannot excel in karate.” But Oshiro persevered, training her muscles and enduring punches to her belly to strengthen her body. She said she could ...

When Oshiro struggled to move in step, the instructor suggested she take some side lessons in karate ... Japan. She was 27 ...

When he was invited to teach in Corsica, he met a beautiful young woman at a restaurant ... hard to spread the karate spirit of peace from Okinawa to the rest of Japan and then to the world.

Uekusa, 28, has secured her berth on the Japanese national team for the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 61-plus kilogram ... "I have been teaching karate to athletes for many years, but it was ...