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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.

A MINIMALIST’S GUIDE TO A LIFETIME OF MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING

AGAINST A BLADE: ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN RUN AWAY?

Martial Arts Leader JON BLUMING Passes Away

ONE Championship Partners With Shooto

MARTIAL ARTS FOR JUSTICE Teaches Trauma Resilience in Rwanda

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Lesson for the Junior — and the Senior • “What should we focus on this evening?” the sensei asks. In a good mood, he solicits some input from his students. “More kata,” a junior member of the dojo replies.

Fighting the Battle Within • With more than 500 first-place wins, 100 grand championships, 44 world titles and 10 international titles, Tyler Weaver Jr. is used to standing at the top of the podium. In fact, he’s been doing just that since he began competing seriously at age 9.

A “Traditional” Balinese Martial Art, Part 3 • My hosts finished setting the table in their jungle compound in Bali. While we ate, Putu Witsen Widjaya told me his story: He’s an economist, retired businessman and lifelong martial artist. His father, who also lives there and remains incredibly spry, is likewise a university-trained economist.

A Viking Argument for Low-Line Kicking • For today’s exercise in Historical Combat 101, we will follow a path that weaves from the American Frontier Rough and Tumble strategy of “attacking the buckler” to Viking archeology and even some chicken-or-the-egg bragging rights over which came first, a French martial art or one from the Emerald Isle. We’ll end with my thoughts on what all this hindsight has to do with modern-day approaches to self-protection.

Artificially Pushing the Bell Curve • For seven years, I worked for Guns & Ammo magazine, where I wrote the monthly Personal Security column under the byline Jim Grover. (At the time, I was assigned to a highly classified special-mission unit and couldn’t use my real name.) Being involved in actual operations and the training necessary to prepare for them provided me with an extremely realistic perspective on combat.

007’s Newest Gimmick • A Whole Arsenal of Self-Defense Arts!

There Can Be Only ONE! • Black Belt Goes Behind the Scenes at ONE Championship to Find Out Why Fans Are Calling It “MMA Done Right!”

The Warrior Way of Joe Lewis • What Made Him a Martial Arts Legend and How He Taught Others to Excel in Combat

Greatest Danger

Joe Lewis on Training

ARMS & ARMOR OF ANCIENT GREECE • BONUS! NOTES ON HOW THESE FIGHTING TOOLS WERE USED SO EFFECTIVELY ON THE BATTLEFIELD

THE PHALANX

KEYS TO VICTORY IN ANCIENT GREECE

ARMED EVEN WHEN UNARMED

MUTUAL BENEFIT • WHAT AMERICAN JUDO LEADERS CAN LEARN FROM THE SUCCESS OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU

AMERICAN JUDO ALLIANCE

SPIN KICK FAIL • 7 Reasons Your Spinning Back Kick Isn’t Working and 7 Proven Ways to Fix the Problems

ACTORS BY DAY, MARTIAL ARTISTS BY NIGHT • 13 Celebrities Who Kick, Punch and Grapple When the Camera’s Not Pointed at Them

KEEPING IT NEW, KEEPING IT REAL • KEYS TO RETAINING STUDENTS & ATTRACTING NEW ONES

ESSENTIAL GEAR

BETTER BUSINESS • Reality-Combat Advice for Martial Arts Instructors

A Journey Through Time • Timing is crucial in every facet of life. None is more important than when we’re forced to physically defend ourselves or a loved one.

From the Archives Vol. 17, No. 11, $1.50 • The 191st issue of Black Belt was dated November 1979. It...