When I was an undergraduate in the late 1980s, I did several research projects on the physiology of martial arts. At that time, there was literally only a handful of published scientific research on ...

I'm fascinated by a YouTube channel that occasionally shows montage videos of everyday folks of all ages training in the martial arts parks of Beijing. I'm drawn to it because of the simple, matter-of ...

Older adults with mild cognitive impairment or memory concerns increased their physical activity by an average of 65 minutes per week 6 months after completing home-based training in Tai Ji Quan ...

It's Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 - and this year's theme is body image. As part of WH's celebration of the seven days, we're re-sharing a piece about one writer's journey to reimagining her ...

I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend who is a parent of a baseball player. He rebuked my suggestion to have his son try a few free classes at a martial arts gym, citing how much ...

The term “martial arts” encompasses many different schools of thought and approaches to training. The one through-line is that any discipline you study is a vehicle for self-improvement—whether you’re ...

Corrections and Clarifications: Although we quoted Matthew Warner accurately in this story, he now says he misspoke during the interview. He says he was never suspended from school. In the parking lot ...

Martial arts as a sport is second only to golf in terms of number of new participants over the past decade. Typically, a martial arts school will focus on one particular type of training such as kung ...