As a martial art/combat sport, taekwondo has gone through several transformations. Each generation of practitioners is plagued by critics...

As we marvel at the athletic skill in the 2024 Paris Games, we are inspired to revisit some of the greatest martial arts champions..

During the early part of the Tokugawa era (1603-1868), there lived in Japan’s Saikaido province a respected samurai...

Displaying the shaven head and orange robes of a Shaolin monk but with a hip gray hoodie tossed on top, Shi Yan Ming....

The Long Beach International Karate Championships is an international karate and martial arts tournament first launched in Long Beach...

The only Asian on campus, he found himself surrounded by a group of students during recess. They began throwing racial slurs at the newcomer

No matter how good a training hall is, he said, “you’ve got  to have people hitting each other in the face sometimes...

After hearing me make a few statements like that, a young student asked, "What about Judo?" This is the way I happened to experience it....

Day five of the Paris Olympics is set to be a thrilling day in the judo tournament, especially in the women’s U70kg and men’s under-90kg...

This week we feature DragonFest, the official event sponsored by the Martial Arts Museum.

The fourth day of the Judo tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics is set to be electrifying, showcasing the highly competitive middleweight..

As a 23-year-old graduate student in Middle America in the early 1970s, I was hungry for whatever I could learn about the Asian martial arts

In short, karate and swordsmanship are both fighting arts, but there’s little in the way of technical or strategic overlap..

The October 1974 cover of Fighting Stars featured a 22-year-old Angela Mao Ying in her unforgettable role as Bruce Lee's sister...

I remembered one that I heard as a child: umi no uchi no katana, “the sword behind the smile...

It’s a relatively short dialogue between a hero named Arjuna and his charioteer, the god Krishna...

All martial arts are good, Master Wong says. However, people often believe otherwise because they see moves that are done differently...

One of Bruce Lee's preferred techniques was the straight right lead. He also taught the lead-hand finger jab, which is technically faster...

A few like-minded associates and I recently were comparing notes on the historical blade work of some indigenous cultures...

The cover of the July 1974 Karate Illustrated issue showcased a 23-year-old Benny "The Jet" Urquidez executing a flawless side kick. This...

Daito-ryu aikijujutsu is definitely not the world’s most popular martial art. It’s not even close...

THAT MIGHT SEEM ODD. As a sensei, after all, you’re supposed to know. That’s why you’re a sensei, isn’t it?

Anyone who’s had to fend off an angry animal — even one as small as a house cat — knows the fury they can bring to a fight.

China’s Fujian province is famous for being the home of the Southern Shaolin Temple and many powerful styles of traditional kung fu.