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.

MOST DANGEROUS IN MY EYES

Black Belt Magazine • VOLUME 61, NO. 4 SUMMER 2023

KARATE LEGEND FUMIO DEMURA DIES AT 84

PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE SIGNS JAKE PAUL TO MMA CONTRACT

TEAM PAUL MITCHELL PICKS UP NEW COMPETITORS

POWER RANGERS STAR JASON DAVID FRANK DEAD AT 49

INDIAN BORDER POLICE PREPARE TO FIGHT MEDIEVAL-STYLE ATTACKS

“THE GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU” RELEASED

APPLE WATCH TRIGGERS POLICE RAID ON MUAY THAI GYM

DOJO LISTINGS

COMMUNITY

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

HAPKIDO’S BONG SOO HAN: THE MAKING OF A MARTIAL ARTS LEGEND

KILLER INSTINCT

THEY NOW? GUY MEZGER: FROM MMA FIGHTER

THE DAY JUJITSU DIED

PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, PART 1

A DEEP DIVE WITH BENNY URQUIDEZ

UP CLOSE: BENNY URQUIDEZ

FEATURED ITEM

KILLER CHARACTER ACTOR • When Scott Adkins Isn’t Headlining His Own Action Movies Like “Boyka: Undisputed,” He’s Stealing Scenes in Blockbusters Like “John Wick” and “Ip Man”!

FIT TO (FILM) FIGHT

ACCOMPLISHED MARTIAL ARTS DIRECTOR ON AN ACCOMPLISHED MARTIAL ARTS STAR

LOCK UP • THE CLINCHING LESSONS TAUGHT IN THE ANCIENT GREEK MARTIAL ART OF PANKRATION ARE STILL RELEVANT — AND EFFECTIVE!

MARTIAL ARTS ANATOMY 101 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LIVER SHOT

11 MARTIAL ARTS EXPERTS ON T HE LIVER!

BITING IN FIGHTING • SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD TECHNIQUE IN THE MARTIAL ARTS!

INQUIRING MINDS WANT T0 KNOW! • 9 MARTIAL ARTS MASTERS ANSWER THE TRAINING AND TEACHING QUESTIONS WE ALL HAVE WONDERED ABOUT

HEMISPHERIC B LADE DEFENSE • DOES “EASY TO LEARN, EASY TO DO” MAKE THE PERFECT SELF-DEFENSE SYSTEM? TRY IT, THEN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!

HOW TO CREATE A MARTIAL ART CASE STUDY: COMBAT HAPKIDO

From the Archives VOL. 19, NO. 12, $1.95 • The 216th issue of Black Belt was dated December 1981. It was 116 pages long and featured Eric Lee on the cover.