COLTON – The Police Department’s Police Activities League is perhaps best known for its vaunted youth boxing program, but a lesser-known, yet widely practiced martial art is gaining popularity among ...

Martial arts classes are great ways for children to learn discipline while also learning a new sport. But where can your child attend a class? From the city to the suburbs, the Chicago area offers a ...

Thirteen-year-old Laura Lamere has never had to fend off an attacker, but after more than a year of Judo classes, she feels confident she could save herself if need be. "It helps your self-esteem and ...

Structure, discipline and confidence are proving to be worthy opponents in the battle against autism. Shinjiro Sasaki, a fourth-degree black belt in judo, is perhaps at his most masterful in his ...

The pandemic has been downright devastating to local churches and their homegrown ministries, none more so than Christ’s Community United Methodist Church’s popular judo club ministry. “We shut down ...