At the end of 2024, McMaster karate instructor Sensei Phil McColl was inducted into the Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame. Sensei McColl has been an influential figure in the martial arts program at ...

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Puryear as a 10-year-old found a fascination with martial arts while growing up in Missouri ... middle school and eventually earned a black belt while still keeping basketball as her main sports ...

Ragsdale achieved blue belt status before giving up karate in 1991 to focus on football. This summer, a tragedy compelled him to fully commit to becoming a black belt. One of his players at Conrad ...