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Karate’s Big Question in Its Olympic Debut: Is It a Sport or a Martial Art? To Japan’s traditionalists, karate represents qualities fundamental to the national character. But to be a modern sport, the discipline has been forced to adapt. Rika Usami, second from left, the head coach of Japan’s national karate team, at a training session in Tokyo last week.Credit...Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times Aug. 3, 2021, 1:54 a.m. ET TOKYO — It would be hard to find anyone more qualified to lead Japan’s national karate team than Rika Usami. She is a third-degree black belt a...

Date Time Report into effects of time sat down on mental health in pandemic Reducing the amount of time spent sitting down should be part of public health policy following COVID-19, says a new report from a study by the University of Huddersfield. The study assessed the impact of sitting time and physical activity on mental health during the pandemic, and found that the increase in time spent sitting down had an adverse effect on mental health and even outweighed the benefits of regular exercise. Mental as well as physical health improves with exercise Being allowed an hour of outdoor exercis...

WVU updates coronavirus guidelines; students and faculty face Aug. 1 deadline to verify vaccination status By July 26, 2021 - 9:37 pm MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University students and faculty who do not verify their vaccination status with the university by Aug. 1 will have to submit a valid coronavirus test result upon arriving on campus. The institution on Monday announced updated coronavirus guidelines, including a reminder about updating one’s vaccination status online. Individuals who do not submit their information must deliver a printed copy of a negative test result to a...

Five staff members selected for 2021-22 Leadership UNK class Post Views: 163 KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney has selected five staff members for its 2021-22 Leadership UNK class. In its 15th year, the program is designed to expose participants to leadership opportunities at UNK and in the Kearney area, enhance their leadership skills and encourage them to accept leadership roles in the future. Leadership UNK also gives members opportunities to network with the campus community, classmates, speakers and others to discuss issues pertinent to campus and leadership deve...

Horsetalk.co.nz More than a quarter of horse riders in study reported a concussion File image. © Jan Milne Nearly three-quarters of horse-sport enthusiasts in Poland who took part in a study said they had suffered a riding-related injury. Nearly half had experienced hand injuries, including 16.4% reporting a hand fracture. More than a quarter reported a concussion. Researchers Rena Majchrowicz, Karolina Karaś, Piotr Matłosz and Jarosław Herbert analysed the answers of 1973 riders from across Poland who responded to an 11-question survey. The study team, writing in the Central Eu...