Wrestling is about to face a major rival in the TV ring. With ratings beginning to hit the mat, producers are looking for a successor to take wrestling’s place and become the next cultural phenomenon ...

David Shim (in black), a ninth-degree black belt in karate, practices jiu jitsu with a student at his Boston studio. After decades of studying and teaching karate, Shim took up jiu jitsu in 2006.

It was at the tender age of 5 that Adam Smith got his first taste of Karate. “My grandmother decided to put my 3 brothers and I in a Karate class. I’m the only one who’s still doing it now,”said Smith ...

With an 18-month stretch of success in 2008-09, Lyoto Machida turned himself into the biggest anomaly in mixed martial arts: the “traditional” stylist who could excel against “practical” competition.