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 ...

How do Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Kali differ when it comes to real self defense? According to a HelloNation article, each system teaches a unique approach to movement, balance, and awareness. In ...

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 ...

Walk into a modern martial arts academy in 2026, and you’ll find something far removed from the gritty gyms of decades past.

Folded into the jabs and up-elbows of Dominion MMA’s mixed martial art classes are life lessons for its students about honesty, confidence and perseverance. And those lessons — and the high-energy ...