Martial arts were honed by ancient warriors ... karate also emphasizes moral character. The Japanese likewise developed judo in the 1800s, based on the art of jujitsu which came before it ...

and author of The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts. The practice had been used to inculcate the ancient samurai values of blind loyalty, self-sacrifice and total refusal to surrender ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

A new streaming series centered on Kerala’s ancient martial art Kalaripayattu is being developed by director Abhilash Vijayan (“That Elephant From the Bridge”) and producer Nithin Lukose (“Paka: River ...

To experience taiko is to witness lively shouts and choreographed movements from performers that mirror those of various Japanese martial arts. Here, however, blind content maker Lucy Edwards ...

What started with just a handful of people trying to learn an ancient art turned into decades of study, and a community of ...

Japanese walking is a mindful and rhythmic walking style practiced in Japan that focuses on posture, breathing, and body ...