PUKALANI — Gabriel Valdez is laying the groundwork for a college wrestling career at Oregon State University — he is currently using the sport of judo to help on that journey. Valdez, third in the ...

Carpenter Engineered Foams is helping martial arts enthusiasts grapple with sustainability as well as their opponents on tatami mats made with recycled thermoplastic polyurethane. Carpenter's TPU mats ...

From training mats in Baguio City to the international stage in Melbourne, Charmea Quelino showed her skill as a Filipina athlete in her first competition outside Asia, winning silver medals at the ...

An elderly woman sits in the only chair allowed on the light green carpet of padded mats in the judo club. It's just a metal folding chair, but her students treat her like a queen on a throne. They ...

For three years in the mid-2010’s, Jared Counts was a state champion in judo. Now, some five years since his last judo title, Counts is dominating on a different mat, as the North Ridgeville junior ...