Traditional martial arts are to mixed martial arts what a college professor is to an experienced businessman, says Burton Richardson. "It's talking about it as opposed to actually doing it," said ...

David Shim (in black), a ninth-degree black belt in karate, practices jiu jitsu with a student at his Boston studio. After decades of studying and teaching karate, Shim took up jiu jitsu in 2006.

First there was cardio fusion. Then spinning fusion and yoga fusion. Now meet martial arts fusion. Sparked by a growing infatuation with competitive mixed martial arts (featuring different fighting ...

May 6—The Combat Team will kick off — and punch, break and crush — a string of performances in the area during the coming week. The martial arts group presents a mix of karate and gospel for an ...