I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend who is a parent of a baseball player. He rebuked my suggestion to have his son try a few free classes at a martial arts gym, citing how much ...

Since the karate craze of the 1970s, countless armies of kids have punched, kicked, and yelled “hi YAH!” at strip mall dojos and community center martial arts classes across America. Martial arts ...

The journey to becoming a soldier is a challenging fete. It demands immense physical abilities. The discipline one requires can take years to build. Moreover, the mental challenges they face need ...

When I was an undergraduate in the late 1980s, I did several research projects on the physiology of martial arts. At that time, there was literally only a handful of published scientific research on ...

There’s a new kind of workout available in Mesa, for those who think they are up to the task. Fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s largest promoter of the sport of mixed martial ...