One faction founded the International Taekwondo Federation in 1966, which remains staunchly traditional and incorporates more punching and hand strikes. Its style of taekwondo is practiced by the ...

Traditional martial arts may only look boring to some people because they don’t understand them. Remember there would be no MMA if there were not any traditional martial arts.

In martial arts, the training is for your mind as much as for your body. One school in Springfield teaches classes that are as close to the traditional Korean schools as you can find in the Ozarks ...

No martial arts should ever be banned from a sport that calls itself "Mixed Martial Arts." Contrary to what the opening piece to the first episode of "The Ultimate Fighter: Live" says, the sport ...

In some editions Sept. 8, part of a word was dropped from a front-page article about martial arts in Brazil. A sentence referring to Helio Gracie should have read: Not for nothing has he earned ...

Our findings suggest that including traditional martial arts in schools could both teach children the value of self-control and increase their use of self-regulation.

MANCHESTER, England — Since becoming an Olympic event, taekwondo has largely ditched its traditions, creating a split in the martial sport. At last weekend’s British Open, mo… ...