Stewart, 59, an Australian, is a champion of one of Japan’s oldest martial arts — kyudo ... His journey into this ancient art, however, began quite unexpectedly. Twenty years ago, when ...

are not ancient but arose in the 1920s. Japan officially recognized karate as a martial art only 86 years ago. And its origins are not in mainland Japan at all: It was born in the archipelago of ...

Ju-jitsu is a family of martial arts which has rich origins in ancient Japan. According to legend, Shirobei Akiyama noticed how most tree branches broke during a blizzard, but that some also bent ...

Katori Shinto Ryu has been a 600-year-old martial art practice in Japan. It is founded on samurai combat to train ancient warriors to find precise weaknesses in one’s armor for combat.

Craig Naylor moves around the dojo with ease and intention. He walks over to a stand holding a framed black and white photo of Morihei Ueshiba. A shrine for the martial art of Aikido founder ...