STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When one of her young patients who was taking karate lessons in pre-school showed marked improvement in her balance and motor skills, physical therapist Maria Sarabok decided to ...

CINCINNATI -- Amina Issa was only 4-and-a-half when she began taking karate lessons, but she remembers exactly why she wanted to start. “I just wanted to learn how to be not afraid of nobody and ...

La Jolla Karate instructors are sharing martial arts lessons — and discipline with Bird Rock Elementary School students, all while helping out with fundraising. “It’s a way, with the huge budget ...

When the 2016 Rio Olympics hit the airwaves, some viewers — especially kids — will be inspired to try a new sport. Fans of martial arts can watch judo and taekwondo during the Olympic Games. Parents ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Fighting wasn't always a passion for Brazilian Martial arts hero Elton Hoshihara-Cruz. In fact, soccer was his sport growing up. "I started jiu-jitsu when I was 19," he says.

BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "I remember when I was being picked on," said 15-year-old Julian Asencio. "Martial arts taught me to defend myself." The Bucks County teenager started taking karate ...

Hidden away behind a gray office complex in Northfield, Sensei (teacher) Jeff Kohn and his young student are performing a kata, a synchronized series of karate movements that’s as choreographed as a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There's a brand new karate studio in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, where the whole family can get martial arts and self-defense training. Action Karate ...

Kids don't always understand or appreciate the ways in which they are being prepared. This reminds me of one of the great ...