Martial Arts and Modern Life

They're remaking the 1984 martial arts / underdog /coming-of-age movie, The Karate Kid , with most of the action taking place in Beijing...

Last Wednesday I had three white belts (new this year), four purple belts (our lowest tested grade), one yellow , and two orange belts.  H...

I teach a two hour class once a week throughout the year, currently on Wednesday evenings. We study Jiu-jitsu , incorporating classical Ju...

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu from the 1950's looks awfully like  classical judo , from which it descends. A nice old clip, featuring Carlos and ...

For fans of the original Star Trek , here's William Shatner as captain Kirk showing young Charlie X a thing or two about judo*: Gott...