When Ron Gentolizo gets done with his nine-to-five job at GE Commercial Finance in Eden Prairie he trades in his dress slacks and shirt for a traditional martial arts uniform called a Gi and gets ...

I TRIED NOT to grab, placing my hand on my partner’s head, instead, for a self-defense technique called clutching feathers. I was next, and I hoped my partner would be nice as he pretended to hammer ...

BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM Ku'ulei Nitta and her father, Bruce Nitta, during a training session at a kempo karate class in Pearl City. BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM Ku'ulei ...