It’s a chilly evening in Emeryville, where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their ...

As the regular season came to a close and the Big Ten Tournament began, the conference dished out its end-of-season awards. Ten different... “Hayward magic” is a concept discussed quite often in ...

EVERETT The students bow as they walk into the gym, bending the top halves of their bodies in a sign of respect for their practice area. The practice of the Japanese martial arts iaido and kendo ...

Deminique Viljeon-Doyle has always loved martial arts since she was a child and has always had great admiration for Budo (a form of Japanese physical culture that has its origins in the ancient ...