THE annual Black Belt Grading of Goju Ryu Karate was held in Windhoek recently, with five students testing for Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt) and one for Junior Shodan. They did their tests in front of a ...

Glenn Cunningham, 8th degree black belt, owner and sensei of Kouketsu Dojo, the martial art of Okinawa Gojuryu Karate. (Hilton Flores) "Fall down seven times, stand up eight." The ancient Japanese ...

GRAFTON martial artist Craig Larsen has attained his Yondan rank and been awarded Shibucho status in one of the original styles of karate. The Warlord Martial Arts instructor tested for his 4th degree ...

GRADELY - that was the verdict for five members of Heywood's Goju Ryu Karate Club last week. The youngsters, aged from six to 15, were put through their paces and all came up to scratch. Jordan Shaw ...

Noel Peters has devoted his life to Goju-ryu karate and he's passing on the secrets of the martial art which has been centuries in the making. Fifty-six-year-old Hobart bricklayer Noel Peters can tell ...

Katikati's new black belts Paul Lewis (left), Meika Laman-Trip, Darren Bruning, Mike Palmer and Oscar Sandford. Photos / Supplied Katikati has four new black belts. Katikati Goju Ryu Karate Club had ...

Elizabeth Taylor, who is 16, was recognised for her remarkable progress in a karate discipline with the highest coloured belt acknowledgement, which she received in Birkenhead on The Wirral. Taylor, ...

Mandurah Goju Ryu Karate club are one of more than 20 traditional martial arts clubs from Australia and the United States who have come together to throw their collective weight behind a unique ...