Last month was a monumental one for Axsom Martial Arts. The Newport News-based dojo had seven karate students perform very well at the national and world championships.

She trained with Sandra Sanchez, the first Olympic karate champion in the Olympics. Sanchez, a six-time defending European champion, won gold in Tokyo last month.

Olympic bronze medallist thwarted in bid to add National Games gold to impressive CV, fixes sights on another world title.

Chip Wright, owner of Chip Wright's Champion Karate in downtown Medford, has named Riley Hackett as successor to the Chuck Norris System karate school Wright has run for 39 years.

This epic quest finally ends Thursday when some of the brightest talents in modern karate step onto the tatami at the Nippon Budokan to begin three historic days of competition in its Olympic debut.

Nine students from Tri-Valley Karate in Pleasanton brought home 13 medals, including three national championships, from the USA National Karate Championships held in Fort Worth, Texas, last month.

Richard Commey is the IBF lightweight champion, but he was a martial artist before he was a boxer. From Ghana to the U.S., Commey's journey continues.