A black belt shopper wearing heels stopped an armed robbery at a convenience store by karate kicking the assailant.

Martial arts can be as much about meditation, stillness for the mind and self-discipline, as they are about keeping ...

The following members of Sandpoint Martial Arts recently passed their belt tests. Pictured, front row, from left are Elaine ...

If you were a robber targeting a convenience store the last thing you want to encounter is a shopper with a black belt in karate. A would-be thief went into LOCO Convenience Store in Hadley Park ...

But that was not the case for Mairi Kerin, who is a fifth dan karate black belt - as a gun-toting villain was about to find out. As the 42-year-old medal-winning Wadokai karate enthusiast ...

Mairi Kerin is a blackbelt in karate – and managed to take down the thief in no time (Picture: SWNS) A black belt karate coach managed to send a would-be thief empty-handed from a shop while ...

Without missing a beat, Mairi - a medal-winning Wadokai karate enthusiast, who is also proficient in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing - calmly looked at the man before leaping into action.