We stood at attention and bowed facing each other as commanded. I looked at my opponents, two men with red belts (one level below black). We were in full sparring gear: hogus (chest protectors), ...

But when the workday is done, the duo take on the demeanor of a Chuck Norris character and become black belt karate athletes. As all do in the sport, Greg and Gina deVitry started with the traditional ...

Anushka Dogra, of Ada, was 4 years old when she started tae kwon do. When she earned a black belt at the age of 7, her instructor, Master Thomas Young Hoon Park, said "Many start at such a young age, ...

Photo Provided Rick Lykins, left, receives his eighth-degree Grand Master Degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do on Oct. 13 from Grand Master Sok Ho Kang. Lykins is with the Kang Tae Kwon Do school in ...

When Bradley Helm Jr., 11, bowed to accept the black cotton belt emblematic of the top rank of tae kwon do, the ancient Korean martial art, Bradley Helm Sr. stood tall and proud. Moments later, it was ...

It’s a good bet the typical 1st grader at Ranch View Elementary School in Naperville lives in a world of large-print reading books, addition and subtraction and big boxes of crayons. After school, ...

North Florida Martial Arts announces six local residents earned their Tae kwon do black belts last month during an assessment at the NFMA Do Jang on Anastasia Boulevard. Tae kwon do, the world's most ...

At first, it was the cool-looking baggy white pants that got the attention of Tara Lozano, 55, and her mother, Linda Cytryn, 79, as they contemplated taking a kick boxing class at Park Tae Kwon Do USA ...

At first glance, recent Chicago Battalion Army enlistees Christopher Lee and Henry Lee (not related) seem like average Future Soldiers. It's what Christopher and Henry do at work and for fun that ...

ADA, Mich. (WZZM) – Excelling in the practice of martial arts takes different levels of skill, discipline, and technique, and it's not something that's done overnight. Making it to ninth-degree black ...