WINTER HAVEN - Popular culture gave Mark Edward Cody his direction. Cody, a fifth-degree black belt in Wado Ryu Karate/Jujitsu, began martial arts after seeing "Star Wars." "I've been practicing ...

That makes five black belts in one family. Emily is the daughter of Dr. James and Claire Bristol of Rockwell. Emily started her karate in the fall of 2020 and attends the SideKick Karate after ...

The family of four, including father, mother and two daughters, have now earned black belts in karate. The most recent to reach the coveted rank in the karate belt order was 13-year-old Melanie on ...

It's also worth noting, however, that Elvis tended to surround himself with pro-Elvis people ... degree black belt, before Elvis opened his own center, the Tennessee Karate Institute.

Before the release of Karate Kid: Legends, Ralph Macchio has some news to share. "I am [a] black belt now. I'm just going to have to start breaking that news," he told AP Entertainment in an ...

On Saturday April 28th Ultimate Karate Academy promoted 35 students to the rank of Black Belt. Thirty five candidates had been training for approx. 5 years in American Open-Style Karate.

The highly decorated black-belt sensei has been teaching there for more than a decade and become beloved in the community. He teaches his Itosu-kai style of karate there multiple days a week to ...