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 ...

Training in traditional martial arts requires physical and mental focus. As contrasted with martial arts that that focus exclusively on competition and fighting, traditional here means those practices ...

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

Ashleigh Johnstone receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Martial arts require a good level of physical strength, but those who take up training need to develop an ...