Before Jigoro Kano and the Meiji Restoration, there was jujitsu. Back then, a person practiced in an ordinary kimono, usually a hakama and..

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

History has a flow; some characters are caught in the currents and carried along, while others fall into an eddy and are soon forgotten.

Two Japanese characters make up the word: Ki means “energy,” and ai means “to unify.” The concept appears often in the traditional...

Like most netizens, we love Chuck Norris jokes. But Chuck Norris is more than just an action hero. As this classic interview with Sara...

In a recent letter, someone mentioned his interest in taking karate lessons. He wanted to know what questions he should ask a prospective...

When it comes to martial arts and strategy, only a few books are considered must-reads. One of them is The Book of Five...

by Antonio Terrone Last week we published part one. Part two offers final suggestions for keeping traditional martial arts alive. There...

We live in a pretty dangerous world these days. Despite our best efforts, a physical confrontation can happen at any time during even the...

by Antonio Terrone There has been much clamor in the aikido world about a recent study suggesting that practice of the traditional...

Gabrielle Rudolph is a trailblazing martial artist and is a featured instructor on the most comprehensive martial arts platform in...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the Cambodian martial art of kun lbokator, more...

This week’s blog is by my good friend and colleague by Steve Scott. Using strangles and chokes is serious business and is not for the...

Frederick "Skipper" Ingham, regarded as the father of karate in Bermuda and a quiet force in the development of professional sport...

I invite you to stop a moment and ask yourself to remember your grandmother’s, great-grandmother’s, great-great-grandmother’s lineage....

I’ve been a lot of things in my life (musician, writer, entrepreneur, martial artist, etc), but success at any of them was never easy....

A great artist is measured not just by his fame or even his achievements; he’s measured by his influence on others. Fame alone is...

When you hear the term “combatives,” maybe you immediately envision a tough, muscular, ex-military brute beating the crap out of you...