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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 7-year-old boy died Tuesday when taken off life support after sustaining severe brain damage during a judo class in which he was repeatedly thrown to prove he wasn’t up to the challenge of martial ...