Japanese martial arts icon Shinya Aoki opens up on why he toyed with the idea of retirement. By Kyle Dimond. Modified Jan 30, 2024 11:25 GMT. Follow Us. Share. 0 Discuss. Follow Us.

Female fighters are often overlooked in martial arts movies, with some fight scenes that are just as fast, kinetic, and exciting as their male counterparts. Like many film genres, martial arts movies ...

Popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a 1976 match that helped pioneer mixed martial arts as a huge spectator sport ...

A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79.

Bobby Romero, of Oakland, sheathes his sword during an Iaido martial arts class at the The Emeryville Center of Community Life in Emeryville, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area ...

#4. Submission grappling. In 2017, ONE Championship put multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Garry Tonon and Japanese martial arts icon Shinya Aoki against each other in the first-ever ...

Noriyuki ”Pat” Morita, who immortalized Mr. Miyagi into a cultural icon with his signature “wax on, wax off” lessons, had not studied the Japanese martial art prior to taking on the role.

The 70-year-old is dressed in a traditional Japanese martial arts uniform called a gi. His newly received fifth-level black belt tucked away under his hakama, big billowing pants meant to hide one ...