Recently Master Ihor Rymaruk’s Amsterdam Okinawan Uechi-Ryu Karate School held promotional examinations for student advancements. Qualifying students were tested on their knowledge and physical ...

Some interviews for this story were conducted in Japanese and translated by Sun Chronicle correspondent Juri Love, a native Japanese speaker. NORTH ATTLEBORO — A local karate school recently marked a ...

Five years ago, Tech alum Ross Barnard created the Uechi-Ryu Karate Club of Virginia Tech with the help of Hilburn, a high school friend. The Tae Kwon Do Club at Virginia Tech had and has been ...

The Okinawan style of karate — Uechi-ryu — has been practiced for 800 years in Japan and China. But for some disabled students and their teachers, the ancient martial art has taken on new meaning.