If the story sounds painfully familiar, a mother and her child both lived it. “Growing up, I was poor. We didn’t know it. We just made do,” Christina Mrkonja recalled. “And I was very quiet, so I got ...

As far as Baton Rouge resident Lee Harris is concerned, nothing brings a family closer together than a perfectly executed roundhouse kick or groin punch. Harris — along with his father, Richard, and ...

LITCHFIELD — Fourth degree black belt Ann Krantz, owner and instructor of Litchfield Tang Soo Do, spent 2018 competing across the United States on the North American Sports Karate Associate (NASKA) ...

On Aug. 14, five new promotions to black belt status took place at the Delaware Tang Soo Do and Fitness Academy in Georgetown. The new black belts are Jo Kyu Nim (title) Eric Evans, Jo Kyu Nim April ...

At only 11 years old, Jonah Thompson, of Dorr, has risen to the top of the Tang Soo Do Karate ranks to earn a black belt. For the last five years, Thompson has studied the art of Tang Soo Do, meeting ...

MADISON >> For 83-year-old George Benson Werthan, earning his first-degree martial arts black belt under the teachings of his son Sid strengthened their already close-knit relationship, and helped him ...

Many kids grow up wanting to become superheroes. Montgomery’s Carole Trawick Smith was no exception. By all accounts, she succeeded. She's been known to snap baseball bats like toothpicks, crush ...

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Karate instructors James Hixenbaugh and Christopher Howard have opened a new school in the Midland area, and on Jan. 19 they are inviting the public to come see what the new venue will offer to the ...

Over the past several years, Tai Chi, a Chinese form of martial arts that is practiced for health benefits and meditation, has continued to grow in popularity among all ages, but especially among ...