Pesare, founder of Kenpo Karate in New England, has promoted Steve Nugent to 10th Degree Black Belt. Grandmaster Nugent is a five-time world karate champion and life-long Massachusetts resident.

Last week, Sensei Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco became the first woman to be promoted to judo's highest level: 10th degree black belt. Only three people in the world, all men living in Japan ...