Matthew has studied karate for nearly six years, helps lead classes, shouts like a sensei and just earned his black belt. Still, the high school sophomore is, well, unique in the world of martial ...

DADE CITY — Two decades after he first started training, Noah Lopez earned a coveted karate black belt last month. Watching his 6-year-old son take up the martial art is what drew him back.

These are the words Murray Bauman uttered to Yuri just before he unleashed his karate fury ... already at black belt level, Gelman is still working toward his beginner level orange belt.