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.

LATERAL MOVES • Before beginning, I should say that if you’re a regular reader of Black Belt, this essay probably won’t apply to you. However, it very well could apply to someone you know, someone who’s thinking of quitting martial arts but needs to continue. If that’s the case, feel free to tear out this page and hand it over. It just might put the person on the path to a lifetime of training.

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MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE RETURNS TO NEW JERSEY • MARTIAL ARTS NEWS YOU CAN USE. READ IT - KNOW IT - LIVE IT

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DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE KATA? • IF YOU’RE A STUDENT OF JAPANESE OR OKINAWAN KARATE, YOU’VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE FIRST OF THE FIVE HEIAN OR PINAN KATA.

KUNG FU HIP HOP, DA MARTIAL ELEMENTS AND MARCO JOHNSON

10 YEARS OF TRAVEL, PART 2 • THIS MULTIPART COLUMN WAS WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS LAUNCH AND ITS ASSIGNMENT TO A WRITER NAMED ANTONIO GRACEFFO, THE MARTIAL ARTIST WHO HAS BECOME BLACK BELT’S ROVING REPORTER IN ASIA. IT PRESENTS MORE OF THE AUTHOR’S CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S MARTIAL ARTS.

SELF-DEFENSE READINESS TEST • PREPARATION IS NO GUARANTEE OF SURVIVAL, BUT FEW DOUBT THAT THE ODDS OF PREVAILING IN ANY STRESSFUL SITUATION INCREASE FOR THE PREPARED PERSON.

KEYBOARD WARRIORS • BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, A PLETHORA OF VIDEOS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WISH TO CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING WHILE IN LOCKDOWN OR NEAR LOCKDOWN. THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR ALL PRACTICING MARTIAL ARTISTS BECAUSE EVERYONE SUDDENLY HAS ACCESS TO NOTABLE FIGHTERS AND TRAINERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE TO THE MASSES.

WHY YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING “COBRA KAI”

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The Sabaki Revolution • As Seen Through the Evolution of Enshin Karate’s Rules, Concepts and Techniques

IS YOUR BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU READY FOR THE STREET? • 10 Elements That Will Help You Make Your Sport a More Effect ive Self-Defense Art!

PAPER TIGERS • Martial Arts Movie Promises to Create a New Genre!

9 More PRIME Principles! • A Second JKD Private Le sson With TIM TACKETT

BLACK & WHITE • It’s About More Than Belts and Uniforms, Part 2

4 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DOJO AND YOUR LIFE

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From the Archives VOL. 18, NO. 9, $1.50 • The 201st issue of Black Belt was dated September 1980. It was 76 pages long and featured Hawaiian-kenpo expert George Iverson on the cover.