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 ...

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 ...