In fact, it’s the only class of its kind in Minnesota. Gentolizo is a black belt instructor of American kenpo karate, which is one of the rarest, yet lethal disciplines of martial arts.

Sensei Milo Wille recently advanced to his Shodan Junior black belt through the Fudozen Shorinji Kempo Karate organization, officiated by Hachidan Master Bill Matteson. Sensei Jacob Overstreet ...

Ultimately, kempo karate brought all the Nittas together: Maile, now 27, became a second-degree black belt; brother Nicholas, 24, earned a student black belt; and younger sister Ilima, 22 ...