After she opened her karate studio, Oshiro had to overcome skepticism about being a female instructor. “Two people showed up for ‘dojo-yaburi’ to challenge and defeat me at the time,” she ...

Instructor Ben Fail encourages women to ... She is now studying her PhD in Glasgow in "the construction of the female identity in karate as an Olympic sport". "Women are conquering more space ...

CHENNAI: A 27-year-old female karate teacher, who planned to undergo a gender reassignment surgery to become a male, was ...

I’m Shola, I’m 18 and I’m training to be a karate instructor. At this community centre I help teach karate sessions for younger kids. I wear a Gi which is made up of a top, trousers and my belt.