The term "karate master" conjures a strange duality of notions. To one person, the phrase "karate master" evokes images of the comic character in an action film who sweeps his hands in bladed motions ...

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and crème de la crème Karate master, Lyoto Machida, was on commentary duties for Karate Combat 42 in the Dominican Republic. While I was on location covering the ...

These were the same tears he felt at times as a child waking up every morning before the sun had risen to face his father and teacher, Yoshizo, as he mastered the art of "Machida Karate." It was no ...

The commercial for UFC 104 features Lyoto Machida, the sun setting serenely behind him, performing karate kata on the waterfront. It’s an obvious homage/rip off of the Karate Kid, but it’s a character ...

Karate has always been and always will be a way of life for the Machida family. The UFC was created with the intent of finding out which martial art worked the best in a true no-holds barred fight.

I've written plenty about Lyoto Machida's karate over the past two years, but I thought we would try something different. I usually speak at length about Machida's striking style, which is very much ...

Former UFC middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold, is commentating Karate Combat 40 this Saturday (June 24th) from Miami, Florida and Bloody Elbow had a chance to catch up with the not-so-retired prize ...

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and his three brothers were groomed in the martial arts at an early age. He practically grew up in his father’s academy in Belem, Brazil. His father happens to be Yoshizo ...

Saturday, Lyoto Machida may well wind up finishing what Minoki Ichihara started. Ichihara, if not the pioneering karateka to step into a mixed-rules ring, was certainly the first to do it for the ...

Even a rangy fighter like Jon Jones might find Lyoto Machida a hard target. Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images TORONTO -- It’s interesting to hear Jon Jones describe his toughest fight. It was against ...