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 ...

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 ...

Can martial arts training truly help your state of mind? The physiological and psychological benefits of physical activity have been well documented. In recent years, scientific study has turned to ...

Corrections and Clarifications: Although we quoted Matthew Warner accurately in this story, he now says he misspoke during the interview. He says he was never suspended from school. In the parking lot ...

Training in traditional martial arts requires physical and mental focus. As contrasted with martial arts that that focus exclusively on competition and fighting, traditional here means those practices ...

I have a problem with martial arts. No, I'm not going to launch into some anti-martial arts rant about how it's ineffective in a real street fight (though I have my opinions). But the problem I have ...