FORT BENNING, Ga. (WTVM) - More than 150 soldiers, including 10 women, from around the world have stepped into the ring this week for the 2025 Lacerda Cup Combatives Competition, part of the Army’s ...

Muay Thai is a martial art that focuses on powerful strikes, close-quarters combat (also called clinch work), and conditioning. A martial art is a system of combat that comes from a specific culture.

Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before training in hand-to-hand combat at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., in 2023. (Stephen B. Morton/AP) ...