Unlike the rest of us, his stages are crisply defined ... who bestowed upon him a seventh-degree black belt, before Elvis opened his own center, the Tennessee Karate Institute.

The family of four, including father, mother and two daughters, have now earned black belts in karate. The most recent to reach the coveted rank in the karate belt order was 13-year-old Melanie on ...

The Detroit neighborhood institution has provided resources to the community since 2004, and it's one of the few karate schools in the country that has two ninth-degree black belts. More ...