This is a special guest edition of Bloody Elbow’s Judo Chop series focusing on the techniques of MMA written by kickboxing writer Dave Walsh, the founding editor of Head Kick Legend. Kid Nate Edson ...

The night seemed to have started out well for Chris Clements. In his comeback fight against Stephen Thompson at UFC 165, he hit one of the coolest moves I’ve seen in a long time, a spinning sweep kick ...

Jill Konopacky was one of five students who achieved new or advanced black belt status during a testing for Stevens Taekwondo Academy in February. Konopacky advanced to fifth-degree black belt after a ...

As I watched Uriah Hall's heel send Adam Cella's unconscious body crashing to the canvas on the latest episode of The Ultimate Fighter, I just couldn't help but channel my inner Smokey from the ...

nepalnepal — Taekwondo officials trying to take the sting out of the sport’s deadliest kicks have come up with an interesting new rule: Don’t bother kicking hard. To make the sport safer, officials ...

Spinning hook kicks work just fine for scripted martial arts movie stars. In real life, however, they rarely find their mark, and they are typically viewed as ill-advised techniques, even for a ...

Background In taekwondo (TKD), concussion incidence is four times greater than in American football. Biomechanical investigations on concussion in TKD is sparse. Objective To examine differences in ...