The World Championships, presented by GCO/WKUWORLD, saw over 2,000 participants from 23 countries demonstrating their prowess in both traditional and modern martial arts disciplines. Noah ...

Subjects ⩾18 years of age were at greater risk of injury than younger ones (p<0.05; OR 3.95; CI 1.48 to 9.52). Martial artists with at least three years ... Conclusions: There is a higher rate of ...

Time-travelling drama about the Japanese American legends of US military history.

The martial art of Sambo originated in the Soviet Union in the early 1920s and continues to grow in popularity. The discipline was made world-famous in mixed martial arts by Fedor Emelianenko, a ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

A global art project aimed at fostering solidarity—inspired by the creative efforts of artists worldwide to remain positive and productive during the COVID-19 pandemic—launched on Saturday, June 20, ...

a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history, The Center of the World shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always ...

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