On a rainy winter night, Paul McFarland’s martial arts students gather in the Belair-Parkside neighborhood for class in a basement dojo, a space for learning and practicing meditation and martial arts ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- On most nights during the week, you can find Kenneth Pitts hard at work teaching martial arts. "I forget about other things that I would normally worry about consistently, or ...

Ron Plunkett's dojo is ready to whip some folks into shape. It's no gym, though, with weights to lift and laps to run. Nor is it a place to build rock-hard abs. Instead, Desert Dojo gives its members ...

Though it’s been nearly 30 years, Luis Martinez vividly recalls the day he first realized that he was capable of facing down a bully. Martinez was 9 years old, small and quiet. His nemesis was also 9, ...

BUFFALO (WKBW) — Nestled in next to Glen Falls Park in the Village of Williamsville is a small martial arts school with a big vision. Mizuchi Dojo opened its doors in February of 2021 in an effort to ...

Epic dojo fight scene from the cult classic martial arts movie Death Machines, featuring Ron Marchini. A thrilling, ...

Many students have to face bullying on a daily basis, whether it’s in schools or in their own neighborhoods. That’s always been a reality. How they are learning to deal with it is something new.

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