It's a new year and thousands have resolved to lose weight, join a gym and get fit. What can our politicians teach us about diet?As Nigella Lawson finishes telling us how to have a super-sexy, calorie..

Most people are no doubt familiar with the words jujitsu and judo, but how many can distinguish between them? Here, Mr. Kano, the founder of Judo, will explain the two terms and tell why judo came to ..

Have you seen the History Channel's new show Human Weapon yet? Its pretty friggen good.The concept is that these two athletic dudes (one an MMA fighter, the other a former football player and wrestler..

Some people think that the only solution to violent crime is to take guns off the streets.To appease potential voters politicians eagerly create new laws they say will prevent crime.Proof of how futil..

Sometimes events in history force the creation of new ideas to replace what has becomes obsolete. Weapons, strategy and tactics have always been marked by change on the battlefields of history to dea..

I guess every kid, regardless of where they are from, at one time or another bangs a couple of sticks together and pretends he's a swordsman.Back in my 'hood, I was always Zorro, my buddy Scott was al..

In Judo, Tokui Waza means "favorite" or "best" technique. It's the throw that fits naturally to your body type, and you have practiced it thousands of times to make it an instinctual response. Everyon..

As you can imagine, when I tell people what I do for a living, it raises quite a few eyebrows."You mean like a Karate teacher?" most ask. "Not quite", I always respond with a chuckle. "What we teach a..

One of my favorite stories to tell is about the time my brother-in-law's girlfriend got her black belt in karate...She had her big flashy test...kicked the bag...sparred other girls (and a couple of ..

A martial art can be defined as any skill that can be applied in warfare. The word martial means "military." So traditionally, a martial art is a military art. The first things that usually come to mi..