A recent trip to Ohio was a first for Teresa Coombs. Not in terms of being in the state but in taking two of her Shaolin Kenpo students to test for the degree of second-degree brown belt. “I had never ...

JACKSONVILLE – He will not leap to the heavens or thrust his arms triumphantly into the air, at least not instantly. If David Akers nails the winning field goal to capture Super Bowl XXXIX for the ...

Nolan Arenado is enjoying his offseason learning martial arts. Yesterday, the 10x Gold Glove winner shared a training video of hitting the heavy bag via his Instagram story. In the video, the 8x ...

Joseph Dodaro is quite handy with the ancient Chinese sword. He also knows how to assume the single-whip posture and how to execute moves with names like repel the monkey, parting the wild horse`s ...

AF-Bully-2On Friday, Sept. 28, Shaolin Kempo Arts hosted a student body assembly at Ashley Falls School on the ABC’s of anti-bullying titled “Stop Bullying. Stand up. Speak out.” Shaolin Kempo owner ...

Sensei William Miller has 10 inches of his colon removed, a severe heart condition and dyslexia. “But I don’t have it that bad,” he said. “Years ago … I saw a person with a walking stick. With that ...

Street in Costa Mesa, puts it: “It’s not that nutty thing.” Take for example Donna Thomas. The 13-year-old Costa Mesa resident started taking lessons from Crouse in July because it seemed fun. She ...

(Updated at 3:05 p.m.) A new “high-end martial arts studio” is coming to the former Hollywood Tans space at 3000 N. Washington Blvd in Clarendon. Urban Kempo says its mission is “to help individuals ...