SALISBURY — When the Tomoe Warrior Test was administered to Sidekick Karate students on Saturday, the founder of the American Open Karate System was on hand to help and to make a special presentation.

When he was just 8 years old, Bart L. Ganster’s parents signed him up for karate. “I kept getting into fights,” Ganster said. “They got me into karate and made me deadly.” All kidding aside, Ganster, ...