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Osu! • I occasionally greet people with, “Ehh, howzit?” Those people are my age or younger, people I know well and who have some conversance in Hawaiian pidgin.

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Gerald Okamura • As the more astute among you will recall, Black Belt ran a piece in its December 2018/January 2019 issue titled “8 Things You Didn’t Know About James Lew” right after he won an Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination in a Drama Series for Netflix’s Luke Cage. Within the article, Lew’s longtime kung fu buddy and perennial Hollywood bad guy Gerald Okamura chimed in with a little good-natured trash talking. At least, we hope it was good-natured — either way, readers loved it.

Hanging in Hanoi With the San Da Team, Part 3 • Many of the older members of the Vietnam national san da team in Hanois aid they went to China for training, but I learned that the juniors remained in Vietnam. Another interesting point was that the juniors didn’t fight that often.

Weapon Ambidexterity: Vikings, Bushwhackers and Necessity • In the realm of empty-hand combat, true ambidexterity is a rare bird. Marvelous Marvin Hagler took great pains to develop facility as both an orthodox fighter and a southpaw, but we could easily see where he st acked his chips when the heat was high.

9 Ways You Can Follow in the Footsteps of the Special Forces! • These tips were culled from the author’s 16 years with the Special Forces and 11 years as a combatives instructor.

Film Fighting in Taiwan — a Full-Contact Introduction!

Tactical Trainer Backpack & Tactical Gear Bag

A Daughter Walks On • How Shannon Lee Is Keeping Bruce Lee’s Legacy Alive

Buddhism and the Martial Arts • A Basic Understanding of the First Will Give You a Deeper Understanding of the Second!

Prime PRINCIPLES Part 1 • A JKD Private Lesson With TIM TACKETT

Classical Japanese Martial Arts • An American Who Went to Japan and Discovered Himself

FAKE OUT! • KYLE FUNAKOSHI on Shotokan Karate’s Proven Strategies for Faking

Self-Defense IN THE PANDEMIC • To Stay Safe, Martial Artists Must Adapt to Societal Changes

Keys to Conquering COVID • Every martial arts school owner I know is suffering right now — some are in dire straights and some are just “in a pickle.” In my 40 years of running a dojo, I’ve never seen anything like what’s happened to our industry since March of this year.

Demetrious Johnson, Killer in the Cage or on the Couch! • If you’re one of the greatest fighters on earth, somebody who’s won world championships and been called the best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists ever, what do you do to stay sharp during the pandemic lockdown? Why, play video games, of course!

From the Archives Vol. 18, No. 7, $1.50 • The 199th issue of Black Belt was dated July 1980. It was 76 pages long and featured washin-ryu karate instructor Hidy Ochiai on the cover.