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 ...

Martial arts programs aren’t inexpensive. Total Martial Arts, which teaches Brazilian jiu jits, for instance, charges a $99 joining fee for adults and $79 for kids, which includes a uniform (called a ...

Karate is for everyone. That’s the message Vicki Ingle preaches to her students. A few times a week, the special-needs instructional assistant at Anaheim High School becomes Sensei Vicki at the ...

Quietly, unassumingly, Riley Hawkins has tried to change the world with karate — one child at a time. And if you ask some of the 7,000 or so people he has taught, it’s working. It started with a few ...

In yoga class at Frisco ISD's Pink Elementary School, students are taught breathing techniques, stretches and a variety of poses, such as downward dog (shown).(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) ...