Professional wrestling is based mainly on entertainment, but having a strong athletic background can help one's performance. Izzy Moreno is now trying to build a strong foundation of legitimacy for ...

In a major personal and professional milestone, local martial arts instructor Jonathan Byerly has earned his black belt in ...

A martial arts expert, Steven Cowan, has given reasons why everyone, including Nigerians, should embrace and become a martial artist. The British-born martial artist, who specialises in Brazilian ...

First daughter Ivanka Trump is a blue belt in jiu-jitsu, a self-defense martial art, and a student at Valente Brothers. Gisele Bundchen received her purple belt from the Valente Brothers academy ...

Ivanka Trump trains at Valente Brothers with Gui, Pedro and Joaquim Valente, who welcomed a baby with supermodel Gisele ...

An important part of mixed martial arts is the discipline and sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or BJJ for short. BJJ was developed in 1925 by the Gracie brothers after a man named Mitsuyo Maeda taught ...

BRONX, N.Y. — Kingston’s Midtown Jiu Jitsu had a powerful debut in the Jiu Jitsu World League New York Tournament with nine gold medals by its adult and youth athletes over 14 divisions on ...

There has been an increasing dissemination of martial arts education in Tunisia, ranging from traditional forms to modern ones like judo, kickboxing, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Some of the most ...

A traditional Māori martial art is helping to turn around the lives of at risk youth. They are taught mau rākau - how to wield weapons - using long batons or sticks, but the lessons are about so much ...

Photo by Charlotte Ly for Boyle Heights Beat. On the bustling corner of South Rowan and 1st Street, amid street vendors and rushing commuters, children walk in and out of East LA Jiu-Jitsu, a martial ...

A shrine for the martial art of Aikido founder, who died in 1969, if Naylor had the money, he’d decorate it with flowers. Naylor bends down to grab a wooden staff, also called a jo ...