It’s a chilly evening in Emeryville, where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their ...

TEHRAN The second Grand Kendo and Iaido (Samurai) Gathering of Iran was held here Friday in the presence of high-ranking Iranian and Japanese officials, great Japanese master of Samurai and senior ...

ITS past displays have seen fingers chopped off and arteries sliced open – and now some of the greatest British students of the Japanese art of Iaido are set to draw swords in Edinburgh. Did you know ...

KEEPING ALIVE the martial traditions of the samurai has been a lifelong labor of love for Shozo Kato – a devotion that doesn’t take a break even for the dog days of summer. Kato, 50, is one of the ...

Lancing C. England Ed.S. holds a 9th Degree Black Belt in Satori-Ryu Iaido, under the instruction of Dale S. Kirby Sr., the founder. Then I saw a gentleman demonstrate techniques and movements with a ...

A nondescript graffiti-covered industrial building stands at 168 Wai Yip Street in Kwun Tong. It is the last place anyone would expect to find a martial arts dojo, yet the fourth floor is home to the ...

DEERPARK — Local folks have taken a liking to an unusual pastime — Japanese swordsmanship. Samurai training is being conducted at Karate Quest Dojo in the lower level of the Planet Fitness building, ...

Tokyo, Feb. 22 (Reuters): With Tom Cruise acting the warrior in The Last Samurai, and Uma Thurman set to slice her way to revenge in part two of the action movie Kill Bill this spring, Japanese ...

My mind’s eye wavers between the two as I step through the door of the dojo of Kanshou-ryu (Flying Crown sword style) in Himeji city, western Japan. Beneath a dim entrance light, I remove my shoes and ...