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Helen Maroulis is First Woman to Win Olympic Wrestling Gold Medal

Team U.S.A.'s Helen Maroulis upsets three-time defending gold medalist Saori Yoshida from Japan to become the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic wrestling...
ETU 40 Years Anniversary Gala

Media Announcement – Accreditations ETU 40 Years Anniversary Gala

Media Announcement- Accreditations ETU 40 Years Anniversary Gala Athens (August 26, 2016) - The Olympic Games of Rio 2016 have come to their successful completion,...
Heart Martial Arts and Paragon Preparatory Academy Team UP!

Heart Martial Arts Brings Martial Arts To Public Schools

Update: Paragon Preparatory Academy would like to pass on to the public information about our Physical Education (PE) program and how it is doing! Here...
USA's Claressa Shields wins gold

Claressa Shields Wins Second Olympic Boxing Medal

21 year old American middleweight boxer, Claressa Shields, is the first American boxer, male or female, to win two Olympic gold medals in consecutive...

Kyle Snyder, Youngest American Gold-Medal Winner In Wrestling History

20 year old Kyle Snyder outlasted his Azerbaijan opponent, Khetag Goziumov, to take the 97-kilogram (214 pounds) Olympic gold medal in the final freestyle wrestling match...

Jackie Galloway wins Bronze in Taekwondo

Both the United States and Mexico can be proud of Jackie Galloway, who won a bronze medal in Taekwondo for Team USA on August...

First Ever US Grand Master Muaythai Award Goes to Grand Master Kim

MUAYTHAI NEWS 8/10/2016 - A ceremony was held at the first Muaythai school in the USA, North Hollywood Muaythai Academy in Los Angeles, on August...

Judo’s Kayla Harrison Wins Another Olympic Gold Medal

On August 11, 2016, American Kayla Harrison won her second Olympic Gold in Judo and stated, “Winning my first Olympic Gold in 2012, I...

Judoka Travis Stevens Wins Silver in Rio

It was Tuesday, August 9, 2016 in Rio De Janeiro that Team USA's judoka Travis Stevens won a historic silver medal. The match took...

Olympic Games Rio 2016 – Taekwondo Overview – European Taekwondo Union

The Olympic Games Rio 2016 is about to celebrate opening ceremonies, and Taekwondo competition will begin on August 17, 2016. Forty-two (42) of the one hundred...
The Jundokan International Memorial Chinen Gassuku

Jundokan International Chinen Memorial Gasshuku

The Jundokan International Chinen Memorial Gasshuku took place July 13-16, 2016 in Spokane, Washington. As most of you may already know, Sensei Teruo Chinen passed...
Sinjen Ruby Tigers Den MMA Iowa

Sinjen Ruby and Tigers Den MMA Make A Difference in Iowa

Inspiration comes from different places, but one thing that always seems to inspire and captivate is a great sports underdog. I have on several...

ETU European Taekwondo Championships Montreux 2016

Montreux, May 7, 2016 The excitement is growing in Montreux, Switzerland, as the “Pearl of the Swiss Riviera” is getting ready to welcome the ETU...
Rizwan Mustafa Zubairi Teaches Yongmoodo Seminar

Rizwan Mustafa Zubairi Teaches Yongmoodo Seminar

The Korean Martial Arts Yong Moo Do founder Rizwan Mustafa Zubairi has conducted a Yongmoodo Technique Seminar on April 9, 2016 at Prince Yongmoodo Academy...
mykaratestore.com warrior scholarship

MyKarateStore.com Announces Warrior Scholarship for Current or Incoming Students

MyKarateStore.com, a martial arts eCommerce destination that carries everything from Tokaido uniforms to Wing Chun Dummies, this week officially announced their Warrior Scholarship for...
Jordan Burroughs

USA Wrestling’s Jordan Burroughs Finalist for Prestigious 86th AAU James E. Sullivan Award

Jordan Burroughs Finalists for Prestigious 86th AAU James E. Sullivan Award Finalists include Derrick Henry (Alabama football), Simone Biles (USA Gymnastics), Keenan Reynolds (Navy football),...