Black Belt Magazine

Black Belt tells you everything you need to know about every style of self-defense in the world! It offers the broadest, most informative coverage of all aspects of the traditional fighting disciplines that were developed in Asia, as well as the modern eclectic systems that were devised in the West.

MARTIAL ARTS GEMS FROM NON-MARTIAL ARTS SOURCES

Black Belt Magazine

MARTIAL ARTS 2.0 WITH GEORGE CHUNG AND BLACK BELT MAG

NORTH KOREAN LEADER ATTENDS “BRUTAL” MARTIAL ARTS DISPLAY

MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY MUSEUM OFFICIALLY REOPENS

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ADDS “TANG SOO DO”

COMING SOON: “1 OUT OF 100”

RONDA ROUSEY ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF HER DAUGHTER

SUMO’S GREATEST WRESTLER OPTS FOR RETIREMENT

MARTIAL ARTS WRITER RECEIVES JOURNALISM AWARD

SPORT KARATE MUSEUM RELEASES HISTORY BOOK

WORLD TANG SOO DO ASSOCIATION IS ALIVE AND WELL

DOJO LISTINGS

ON BRUCE LEE AS INSPIRATION

ON MARTIAL MUSIC • BLACK BELT: IF YOU COULD PICK ONE SONG TO TRAIN TO, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

ON WEAPONS MASTERS • BLACK BELT: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE WEAPONS PRACTITIONER?

ON THE SWORD • BLACK BELT: BLACK BELT HALL OF FAMER CAITLIN DECHELLE IS A SWORD PRACTITIONER EXTRAORDINAIRE. HAVE YOU TRAINED WITH THE SWORD?

SOME ISSUES TO CONSIDER REGARDING OLYMPIC KARATE • THAT WAS IT? THAT WAS WHY WE PUT UP WITH SCHEMING, CONNIVING AND TANTRUM THROWING FOR FOUR DECADES? KARATE’S FIRST OLYMPIC MEDAL IS AWARDED TO A “WINNER” WHO WOUND UP FLAT ON HIS BACK, SEMICONSCIOUS BECAUSE HIS OPPONENT KICKED TOO HARD. SOMETIMES IRONY GETS SERVED UP IN EXCESS.

THE CHEMISTRY STUDENT WHO’S EXPLODING! • MELISSA “SUPER MELY” MARTINEZ BOASTS A LIFE STORY THAT CONTAINS ALL THE ELEMENTS NEEDED FOR A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO BECOME AN MMA STAR. HER JOURNEY ALSO READS LIKE A THRILLER BECAUSE AT A PERFECT MOMENT IN TIME, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BAD BOYS OF MMA, WHO WAS CREATING A PROMOTION IN HER COUNTRY, SCOOPED UP THIS YOUNG ATHLETE AND MADE HER THE FACE OF THE FRANCHISE.

STILL SHAKING UP THE WORLD • FREDIA “THE CHEETAH” GIBBS WAS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE COMBAT-SPORTS WORLD CHAMPION TO BECOME A PAY-PERVIEW SENSATION.

SHOULDER AS WEAPON: SLAMS, BUTTS AND GRINDS • IN THE PAST, THOSE WHO ENGAGED IN AMERICAN FRONTIER ROUGH AND TUMBLE, SCUFFLIN’, ILLEGAL BOXING, BOOM BATTLE OR ANY OF THE VARIOUS AND SUNDRY ENDEAVORS THAT INVOLVED AN ALL-IN MELEE FORMAT THAT WAS TRULY NO-HOLDS-BARRED AND NO-STRIKES-OFF-THE-TABLE WERE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF USING THE ENTIRE BODY AS A WEAPON. LET’S FOCUS ON ONE OF THOSE WEAPONS: THE SHOULDER, A TOOL THAT’S OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY MODERN MARTIAL ARTISTS.

PURPOSE, FEAR AND MINDSET, PART 3 • REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF DEMEANOR YOU ADOPT TO PHYSICALLY EXPRESS YOUR “WILL TO WIN,” IT’S THROUGH YOUR TRAINING EXPERIENCES THAT YOU CAN CONSCIOUSLY FOCUS ON INSTILLING A MORE RESOLUTE COMBAT MINDSET. IF YOU DEVELOP THIS PROPERLY, YOU EVENTUALLY WILL REACH A STAGE WHERE AN ATTACK-MINDED, TARGET-FOCUSED, KNOCKOUT-DRIVEN MENTALITY AND PHYSICALITY WILL ASSERT ITSELF UNCONSCIOUSLY.

THE LEGEND OF CHRISTY MARTIN AND A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

Editor’s Choice

1961 to 1981 In Their Own Words • Wisdom of the Martial Arts Community as Presented in the First 20 Years of Black Belt

SURUCHIN JOURNEY • One Man’s Quest to Learn More About a Nearly Lost Weapon of Okinawan Kobudo

Getting Started With the SURUCHIN

OLYMPIC OBSERVATIONS • 3 MARTIAL ARTS LEGENDS SOUND OFF ON JUDO, TAEKWONDO AND KARATE!

BJJ FOR THE STREET • 8 Ways to Supercharge Your Sport Guard for Extreme Self-Defense

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“I Coulda Been a Contender!” • 12 Well-Known Martial Artists From the 1960s and ’70s Who Had What It Takes to Be an MMA Champion

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