Martial arts are more than self-defense — they’re a full-spectrum workout for your muscles, mind, and mood. From judo to karate to Muay Thai, each discipline blends physical conditioning with mental ...

Dance and martial arts are two activities that require a lot of coordination and balance. Both can be beneficial for physical ...

When I was an undergraduate in the late 1980s, I did several research projects on the physiology of martial arts. At that time, there were only a handful of published scientific research on physiology ...

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 ...