There were no uniforms or colored belts ... the budo establishment that oversaw traditional Japanese martial arts, including sumo wrestling and kendo (a type of samurai-style fencing with bamboo ...

TOKYO — The ancient martial art of Karate made its debut at the Summer ... Wearing his white karategi, his uniform tied with one of the six black belts he earned, he bows. Then he goes through ...

The characteristic white uniform used by many Japanese martial arts today, is supposedly derived from the funeral robes worn by the samurai into battle. Ninjitsu, on the other hand, was originally ...

A public introductory course for adults and teens in the Japanese martial art of Ki-Aikido will be offered ... training after the 4-week course. No uniform or prior experience is required.

Martial arts equipment manufacturer Mitsuboshi Co, Ltd (est 1953) has recently opened its flagship store Mitsuboshi Global, a budo sports pro shop in Asakusa not far from Sensoji Temple. The venue is ...

Then the sights: men, women and children dressed in gis, or white-cloth training uniforms ... who teaches the classic Japanese martial arts of judo, karate and aikido, as well as his own Kokushi ...

Ki-Aikido is a Japanese martial art which teaches practical self-defense ... dojo to continue training after the four-week course. No uniform or prior experience is required.

millions of people practise this martial art in more than 100 countries. Perhaps nowhere though is it more ubiquitous than in Tanabe. Martials arts are taught in Japanese schools as part of the ...

where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their blades. This is iaido, the Japanese ...