The term “martial arts” encompasses many different schools of thought and approaches to training. The one through-line is that any discipline you study is a vehicle for self-improvement—whether you’re ...

Within the martial arts genre, the same titles always get the spotlight. But what about the underrated movies everyone ...

Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is so much more than just a martial arts film. It’s an epic, it’s a drama, it’s a ...

About 10 years ago, Doug Ownby was looking for somewhere for his then-12-year-old daughter, Lindsey, to try out martial arts. She was a bit timid, and Ownby thought it might be helpful to find her a ...

Authors note: The articles in this series are a component of an upcoming book that explores the functionality of MMA as a combat art. For inquiries about supporting the publishing efforts or booking a ...

Learn a martial art for fitness, self-defense, or self-confidence. All of our instructors are professionals of high rank, with many years of practice and experience behind them. Aikido is the highest ...

“You can feel it like a painting or a sculpture… It’s hard to measure. It’s beyond words.” This is how “Sifu” Kenneth Chung describes wing-chun, a Chinese martial art brought into the public view by ...

I have had several jobs and careers as a physician, researcher, scientist, psychology professor, life coach, hypnotherapist, artist, and personal trainer. But first and foremost, I am a martial artist ...

Ask someone to name a martial artist and superstars like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan will probably spring to the tip of their tongue. In the United States, those names, and select others, like the Shaw ...

It’s a chilly evening in Emeryville, where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their ...

I have had several jobs and careers as a physician, researcher, scientist, psychology professor, life coach, hypnotherapist, artist, and personal trainer. But first and foremost, I am a martial artist ...