The men, both Okinawans, have been identified as Kanei Uechi (1911-1991), who taught Uechi Ryu karate, a traditional style of Okinawan karate, and Kaei Akamine (1908-1977), a businessman who ...

The specific style of karate that is taught in Cobra ... This means that Tang Soo Do blends the hard elements of Okinawan ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back off when her instructor of an Okinawan-style dance suggested that she take karate to improve her dance steps. “I found that a karate dojo ...

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were once ruled ... the traditional kata or forms of karate, a martial art that evolved from the bare-handed fighting styles of Ryukyu, practiced to develop ...