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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

On Saturday, May 16, a group of 16 members of the American Tae Kwon Do Academy at the Somerset Hills YMCA in Basking Ridge will be celebrating a very special achievement when they are awarded their ...

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 ...

Irmo, SC (WLTX) -- After a childhood illness, that caused mental and physical disabilities, a stroke in 2008 and surgery for ovarian cancer in July 2015, a 73-year-old woman is showing what ...

The art of tae kwon do is a family affair for Susan C. Ensign, 42, of Coconut Creek. She joined her daughter Shannon, 16, and husband Stephen as a black belt graduate recently. The graduation ceremony ...

Splintering wood and shouts, or "kihaps," echoed inside the Barnett Tae Kwon Do Academy in Athens on Saturday. Athletes in both the children's and adult classes participated in rank promotion testing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A man is defeating the odds — by conquering ...

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 ...