There’s a saying: For every 10,000 people who start a martial art, half drop out after six months; of those that remain, 1,000 will finish a year, only 100 of those will stay for two years and a ...

STEVENS POINT - High-flying kicks and family accomplishments highlighted the recent testing of Stevens Taekwondo Academy students at the Stevens Point YMCA. Six students gained new or advanced black ...

Taekwondo is a branch of karate. It became an official part of the Olympics and entered the global arena in the year 2000. In taekwondo, there is a belt ranking system. The colors of the belts go in ...

The World Taekwondo Center in Lake Worth continues to help students reach new heights and excel in self-defense, sparring and martial arts tactics. The center recently promoted nine students to ...

SANTA CRUZ — After Soonho Song”s mother and grandmother encouraged him to learn self-defense when he was a child living in Korea, Song took their advice and ran with it. By age 11, he”d earned his ...

SIOUX CITY — For more than 30 years, Maria Williams was an elementary school teacher. After retiring five years ago, the longtime teacher decided to become a student again. "Retiring doesn't mean ...

Shannon Kearney has been around martial arts most of her life. Her father practiced the Korean-based taekwondo, and her sister worked her way to earning a blue belt. After she was the victim of an ...

These members of Kebort’s Karate Tigers at the Jamestown YMCA won awards at the 38th annual Battle of Columbus Martial Arts World Games in Columbus, Ohio. Chief instructor Christina Kebort, left, won ...