Martial Arts

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Pete "SuperMix" Salaz Talks Tai Chi, Swell Season, Cali Swag District, Tony Loreto, and More

DJ Pete "SuperMix" Salaz​To say that Pete Salaz wears a lot of hats would be a major understatement. The dude's not only trained in both Tai Chi Chuan and kung fu, but he's also a full-time parent, prize-winning salsa maker, and one of several managing partners of Bar Smith. (In the spirit of full ... More >>

UFC Main Event: Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin

Karate Kid Remake Is Too Cynical to Catch a Fly with Chopsticks

Young Champions Arson Nets Final Guilty Plea; Third Karate Instructor Admits to Crime That Killed Friend

  Jeff Otto is the last one of three surviving arsonists to plead guilty in the June 14, 2009 torching of the Young Champions of America headquarters in Phoenix​The third member of a group of karate instructors who burned down the Young Champions of America headquarters last June, ... More >>

The Day of the Spanish Horse

Rio Grand

Latin American Carnaval parades into Tempe

Phoenix Chinese Week: Taiji Tournament

Mixed Martial Arts’ Unsung Pioneer: “Grapple Girl” Michelle Farrow

Duel Citizenship

No metal-chair skull-cracking allowed. Yet.

FU Fighter

World’s Most Dangerous Man’s got his dojo workin’

Patricia Kane on karate books, dressing as Ethel Merman, and her new play Pulp

Give Peaceful a Chance

Soothing Japanese fest has the cure for what ails you

Chop This

Sensei Says

Super Moves: Jay Camara Spain

A True Horror Classic

Feckless

Jet Li goes out with a whimper, not a bang

See Fido Fetch

Big dog flight at Encanto

Caged Heat

Rage in the Cage promoter Roland Sarria lets loose the Valley's modern-day gladiators

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Chow Time

Breaking all the rules

Wet Dreams

Our Dirty Phat Bastard rides solo at Shepherd's Super Soak-Her Sunday.

West World

Smithsonian brings CultureFest to Valley

Martial Matters

Aikido builds brain and brawn

Kung Fu'd

Or, what does Miramax have against Asian films?

Spiked

There really are a lot of interesting people in Phoenix

Ride and Go Seek

Central City cyclists discover downtown

BEST PLACE TO BALANCE BRAIN AND BRAWN

Laurita Jiu-Jitsu and Karate Academy

Teddy, Set, Go

Nikki's Bear Walk-A-Thon fuels fight against cancer

Martial Awe

Kicking some serious dance moves

Going Mad

Mad Props humors Tempe

Chow Time

It's no art movie, but Bulletproof Monk finally gives American audiences the real Chow Yun-Fat

Kickin' It

Fighting monks take their show on the road

Thinking Capoeira

Brazilian martial art draws devotees in Valley

Rock en Español

Chicano music festival pumps up the volume for Valley debut

The Art of War

Kung fu monks put meditation in motion

Valley of the Rising Sun

Heritage Park hosts two days of arts, culture and food

The Pain Event

Homer Moore's got the rage, Celebrity Theatre has the cage

Dance of Danger

The raucous rhythms and superb athletics of Bale Folclorico da Bahia

Drunken Masterpiece

By any other name, soundtrack or edit, The Legend of Drunken Master is still an action classic

Shaolin at the Moon

Shaolin Warriors come to the Valley

Cage Discrimination

Dance Menu

Spar Wars

Amateur fighters get down and dirty in Mesa

Martial Bliss

John McCain Breaks Up a Fight

The senator says extreme fighting should be banned. You got a problem with that? Eddie Goldman does.

A Quiet Voice Against the Death Penalty

Amnesty International's Dr. Daniel Georges-Abeyie coolly argues the case against capital punishment in our hang-'em-high state

Wushu Clan

THE FLYING LEININGER BROTHERS

THEY'RE JUST A COUPLE OF NICE BOYS WHO CHOKE PEOPLE, CRACK JOINTS AND THROW THEIR WEIGHT AROUND. IT'S CALLED JUDO, AND THEY'RE NATIONAL CHAMPS.