The football gridiron and the boxing ring have come to be understood as danger zones for the brain, with repetitive hits to the head causing long-term damage to some athletes. The same might be true ...

Translated from the original Japanese, the word “aikido” equates roughly in English to “the art of harmonizing of energy.” According to Northwestern Aikido club president Bart Chwalisz, harmony truly ...

Charles Edwards (left) and John Thompson perform joint locks and throw drills at Aikido Denton. Edwards started in martial arts with thoughts about earning a black belt, but now “I just think about ...

Twice a week, Alex Meloi can be seen in Riverside Park in Port Jervis, clad in a black mask and brandishing a sword. When Meloi, of Montague, N.J., took his first wrestling class in third grade, no ...