4+ hour, 38+ min ago   (180+ words) Green finished fifth in Birmingham in 2022 Team NI will have three athletes competing in different judo weight categories in Glasgow. Rachael Hawkes will be taking part in her second Games in the 70kg after a fifth-place finish in Birmingham four years…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (212+ words) 'Collapsed lung has not stopped me becoming a karate champion' Karate champion cleared of abusing teenagers Karate black belts awarded to 79-year-old athletes 'If I can save at least one child, I'm happy' Then and now: Jackie Chan on how…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (178+ words) A karate champion who was jailed for sexually assaulting teenage boys has been cleared of all charges at a retrial. Andrew Sherry, 82, was convicted in March 2024 of indecently assaulting a boy under the age of 16 in the mid-1980s, and of four…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (385+ words) Two 79-year-old women have been awarded their black belts in the martial art of karate after taking up the sport aged 74. Beryl Bellamy, from South Petherton in Somerset, and Susie McPherson, from Merriott in Somerset, began training at Nishikan Martial…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (432+ words) This article has been translated from Japanese. The foundation of karate can be traced back to the martial art known as Ti ("hand"), passed down among the warrior class since ancient times and further developed under the influence of Chinese…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (391+ words) A 16-year-old who has won six medals at a martial arts world championship event has been described by her school head as a role model for young people. Lana Strickland, from Stilton in Cambridgeshire, won two golds and four bronzes…...