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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.

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Black Belt Magazine • VOLUME 61, NO. 1 DECEMBER 2022 / JANUARY 2023

KARATE COMBAT SIGNS RAYMOND DANIELS TO MULTI-FIGHT AGREEMENT

FACEBOOK/META’S MARK ZUCKERBERG DOES MARTIAL ARTS!

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEDICATES “BRUCE LEE ASCENDING”

COMBAT HAPKIDO CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY

BEST MARTIAL ARTS HUMOR

PKA WORLDWIDE COURTING A NEW GENERATION OF KICKBOXERS

KIDDIE KAI PREMIERES ON DISCOVERY+

TEAM COMPETITIVE EDGE REFUELS ROSTER WITH TWO RISING STARS

TEAM PAUL MITCHELL ADDS SIX NEW PLAYERS

ONE CHAIRMAN AND CEO PROMOTED TO BJJ BROWN BELT

DOJO LISTINGS

ON THE NEXT KARATE KID(S) • BLACK BELT: HILARY SWANK [LEFT, WITH STUNT DOUBLE CHRISTINE BANNON-RODRIGUES] RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT SHE’S EXPECTING TWINS. WE’RE WONDERING IF SHE WILL REFER TO THEM AS HER “KARATE KIDS.”;-)

ON A MASTER’S MESSAGE • BLACK BELT: “AS YOU GROW OLDER, TRAINING BECOMES MORE PERSONAL, INTERNAL AND TRADITIONAL.” — FUMIO DEMURA

ON A QUESTION OF THE DAY • BLACK BELT: WE JUST SAW A WEB PAGE FOR AN OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATION THAT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS GUNS, KNIVES AND “NUNCHUCKS.” DO PEOPLE STILL CARRY #NUNCHAKU AND GET INTO FIGHTS? HAVE YOU EVER WITNESSED THIS?

ON THE FUTURE • BLACK BELT: WHICH MARTIAL ART DO YOU WANT TO LEARN NEXT?

ON A MORSEL OF WISDOM • BLACK BELT: FIGHT SMARTER, NOT HARDER.

ON REAL BENEFITS • BLACK BELT: HOW HAS MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING IMPROVED YOUR CONFIDENCE?

ON A PLAN OF ACTION • BLACK BELT: WHICH MARTIAL ARTS EVENT WILL YOU BE ATTENDING NEXT?

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON RANK • NON-PRACTITIONERS OFTEN ASSUME THAT RANK IN KARATE AND OTHER MARTIAL ARTS IS A STANDARDIZED AFFAIR, CONTROLLED PERHAPS BY AN OFFICIAL BODY LOCATED SOMEWHERE IN JAPAN. THOSE WHO TRAIN, OF COURSE, KNOW THAT THERE’S NO SUCH THING AND THAT A SIXTH-DEGREE BLACK BELT IN ONE DOJO MIGHT NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED A FIRST DAN IN ANOTHER SCHOOL

OLD SCHOOL • TRAINING IN A REAL MARTIAL ART REQUIRES AND BUILDS PERSEVERANCE AND FIGHTING SPIRIT. YOU ENJOY THE BENEFITS NOT ONLY ON THE MAT BUT ALSO IN DAILY LIFE — WHICH IS WHY THE ARTS REMAIN SO POPULAR CENTURIES OR EVEN MILLENNIA AFTER THEY WERE DEVELOPED FOR COMBAT. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I’VE SPENT THE PAST 60 YEARS FOLLOWING THE MARTIAL PATH.

FIRST FAMILY OF NINJUTSU • THIS TALE STARTS WITH TWO PEOPLE WHOSE STORY COULD HAVE BEEN A TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE. IT’S ABOUT A TIMELESS FORCE THAT BOUND A MAN AND A WOMAN FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS AND DIRECTED THEM TO BECOME ONE WITH THE PAST SO THEY COULD MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.

BULLETPROOF! MEET HALEY GLASS, NEWEST ADDITION TO TEAM PAUL MITCHELL KARATE

MISTAKES OF THE VASTLY EXPERIENCED

BEST PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES AND PALMS VS. FISTS, PART 1

LEGEND OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU • RIGAN MACHADO WAS INTERVIEWED FOR AN EPISODE OF THE COMBAT SHOW ON THE BLACK BELT MAGAZINE CHANNEL ON JUNGO PLUS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, HE’S PART OF THE RENOWNED MACHADO FAMILY OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU MASTERS. (HIS BROTHERS INCLUDE JOHN, JEAN JACQUES, ROGER AND CARLOS.) PRESENTED BELOW ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE Q&A, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THEM, HERE ARE THREE FILMS WITH THE BEST TITLES EVER THAT YOU’LL FIND ON OUR CHANNEL.

UP CLOSE: RIGAN MACHADO

FEATURED ITEM

IS JEET KUNE DO AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? • BRUCE LEE IS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY CITED AS THE BEST MARTIAL ARTIST EVER, SO WHY ISN’T JKD MORE POPULAR?

THE RISE OF ATA NATION • HOW THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MARTIAL ART SPAWNED ONE OF THE WORLD’S...