Walk into a modern martial arts academy in 2026, and you’ll find something far removed from the gritty gyms of decades past.

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 ...

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 ...

For more than twenty years, South Lake Karate Academy has established itself as a vital part of the community, committed to delivering outstanding martial arts training for kids. The academy has ...

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 ...

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 ...

While you certainly know some of Willie Nelson's songs, you may not know the singer-songwriter is a formidable opponent when it comes to hand-to-hand combat.

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 ...