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.

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Karate’s Forgotten Pioneer • History has a flow; some characters are caught in the currents and carried along, while others fall into an eddy and are soon forgot ten.

Jack-of-All-Trades in the Grappling World • Even though many combat sports now incorporate grappling, it’s the rare martial artist who can navigate them all and put his skills to use regardless of the setting. But from judo to sambo and from mixed martial arts to nogi grappling — and, most recently, Brazilian jiu-jitsu — Gokor Chivichyan has shown a unique aptitude for making his game work regardless of the rules.

Hanging in Hanoi With the San Da Team, Part 1 • For visiting martial artists, one of the best things about Vietnam is that Saigon and Hanoi, the two largest cities, feature community sports centers that teach everything from yoga and dance to tai chi and martial sports.

The Brutal Origins of Pit Fighting • In 1986 John Hackleman opened a gym he named The Pit. That led to fighters who operated from this base being called pit fighters. The most renowned of those early pit fighters was Chuck Liddell, a martial artist who went on to become the UFC light-heavyweight champion.

OK, Boomer • Recently, someone said to me, “The combatives landscape is changing.” I immediately thought, That’s interesting. What exactly is changing?

The Mandalorian, Ip Man 4 and Star Wars: Episode IX

Mat Pants • MOST VERSATILE MARTIAL ARTS CLOTHING EVER!

ELITE COMBAT EXPLAINED! • VLADIMIR VASILIEV ON WHY HE REGARDS SYSTEMA AS THE BEST FORM OF SELF-DEFENSE

BIG CATS OF KUNG FU • THE TIGER, BLACK TIGER, LEOPARD AND SNOW LEOPARD ARE THE REAL KINGS OF THE JUNGLE!

HEALTH BENEFITS OF THE CATS

WHICH CAT SHOULD YOU ADOPT?

FIGHT LIKE A FELINE!

SELF-DEFENSE, SUPERFOOT STYLE • Bill Wallace Sounds Off on the Side Kick and How It Fits Into His Favorite Fighting Strategies!

KEYS TO BETTER KICKING

STOMP-STEP-KICK DRILLS

BILLY VS. THE BULLY

NEXT SHOP HOLLYWOOD MACKENSI EMORY • Black Belt’s 2019 Competitor of the Year and a Rising Star in Film!

FOLLOW YOUR DREAM

MISINFORMATION ANNIHILATION

DAITO-RYU 101 • Aikijujutsu Has Influenced So Many Martial Arts — Now Is the Time to Learn More About It!

Snapshot: Aikido

Curriculum of Daito-Ryu

A Karate Connection • Tell us about your training with Kotaro Yoshida. Was he a daito-ryu aikijujutsu student under Sogaku Takeda?

Defeat the Enemy With a Single Glance

3 Words All Instructors Should Know • “I don’t know.” If you’re a martial arts teacher, these are among the most important words you can speak in your dojo. Why? Because when a student hears you use these words, it can set the standard by which he or she judges you and your facility.

Act Now to Save Your Knees Later! • Punches, kicks, pivots, throws and jumps. You and, if you teach, your students execute thousands of them over the course of normal training, and they’re all exciting and essential parts of any martial arts program.

From the Archives Vol. 18, No. 5, $1.50 • The 197th issue of Black Belt was dated May 1980. It was 76 pages long and featured karate stylists Alex Sternberg and Thomas LaPuppet on the cover.