The combat sports world turned on a boxing coach who posted a photograph that showed two bloodied 10-year-old children who had allegedly been sparring one another. It reignited an age-old debate ...

Sparring from a young age is one of the most contentious topics in all of combat sports. Modern medicine and brain health studies show that repeated blows to the head can lead to Chronic Traumatic ...

Here at Bloody Elbow, we’re all for mixed martial arts, Ultimate Fighting, cage fighting, combat sports, what have you. We want the sport regulated, safe and honorable but understand that it’s a ...

The football gridiron and the boxing ring have come to be understood as danger zones for the brain, with repetitive hits to the head causing long-term damage to some athletes. The same might be true ...

Alex Pereira was recently spotted sparring with kids during an event at an addiction rehabilitation center amid the sexual assault accusations made by TikToker Meredith Brown. Brown posted several ...

Many believe martial arts can promote positive development in children. In fact, University of Wisconsin psychologists saw improvement in "cognitive self-regulation, affective self-regulation, ...