When Mitsugi Saotome walked into Sarasota’s 12th Street Dojo on a warm evening in mid-May, he looked like he had walked straight out of a Japanese Western. Small in stature, he wore a wide-brimmed ...

Ade Abayomi Olufeko, an American technologist and West African cultural advocate, entered the disciplined world of Japanese martial arts to deepen his practice of discipline, perception, and strategic ...

Seiji Gomita doesn’t look particularly fierce. A short, 75-year-old Japanese chiropractor of medium build, he appears to be armed with little more than a warm smile and friendly eyes. But woe betide ...

Aikido exponents from the Mushinkan Academy in George Town had their grading witnessed by the consul-general of Japan in Penang, Shinya Machida. Read full story ...