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 ...

Kung fu, jujitsu, tae kwon do . . . when it comes to martial arts, there's a dizzying array of disciplines. "I love karate," says 6-year-old Rebecca Epstein of Merrick. Wearing a gi, the traditional ...

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 ...