Wearing a cape, and an aura of strength, in many ways, Keta Rush resembles a superhero. The WOW-Women Of Wrestling's performer has earned deep respect from the sports community. Her youth advocacy and ...

KABUL (Reuters) - On a snowy mountaintop to the west of Kabul, a group of Afghan girls practice the flowing movements of Wushu, a sport developed from ancient Chinese kung fu martial arts, stretching ...

Eight-year-old Margaux Fox was exhausted when she reached the final board-breaking portion of her black belt test, but she ...

BEIRUT — In a makeshift gym in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp, the participants in this martial arts class are unlearning much of what they have been taught about how girls and women should behave.

KANPUR, India — At her summer camp, 10-year-old Stuti Gupta is learning to use guns, leap through rings of fire and fight with knives and wooden truncheons — skills India's most powerful Hindu ...

Skilled teenage girl shows remarkable dexterity with ornamental knives, says she is determined to preserve China's rich martial arts heritage A 14-year-old Chinese martial arts prodigy who is skilled ...

Palestinian girls train in jiu jitsu in the refugee camp of Bourj el Barajneh in South Beirut. (Aline Deschamps for NPR) BEIRUT — In a makeshift gym in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp, the ...