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Israeli Martial Artist and Former Military CQC Instructor on How to Stay Safe...
For the cover story of the February/March 2015 issue of Black Belt, the editors sent a list of questions to six self-defense and security experts from different backgrounds. Due to deadlines and space...
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World Jiu-Jitsu Championship to Bring 1,000-Plus BJJ Competitors to Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2015 and World Jiu-Jitsu Children’s Cup will take place April 20-25 in this United Arab Emirates city of 2 million people. Celebrating its...
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BJJ Advice From Rickson Gracie: Grapplers Must Also Learn to Strike
To be a well-rounded fighter, you must possess the ability to strike and grapple. Using punching to complement your grappling and ground-fighting skills is very important. In fact, it is necessary to...
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Meet Cris Cyborg, the MMA Fighter With the Best Chance of Defeating Ronda Rousey
To her fans around the world, she’s a near-invincible fighter called “Cris Cyborg.” To her friends and family, she’s known as Cristiane Justino Venancio Santos. Either way, she’s an MMA killing machine...
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23 Martial Arts Masters Reveal the Most Important Teachings of the...
The external lessons of the martial arts are obvious. Use a jab to strike an opponent in front of you. Practice kata to polish your basic techniques and movements. Lift weights to build your strength....
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23 Martial Arts Masters Reveal the Most Important Teachings of the...
For this story, the staff of Black Belt asked some of the most prominent instructors in the West to name what they regard as the highest teachings of the martial arts. All the responses were...
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Pencak Silat Expert Gets MMA Smackdown, Regroups, Comes Back Even Stronger...
Fighters have practiced pencak silat for thousands of years, but it didn’t capture the attention of Western martial artists until the late 1980s. Suddenly, the Indonesian system was everywhere, with...
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World BJJ Champ Rafael Ellwanger Pioneered Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s Growth in...
[Sponsored Post] A lifelong martial artist, Rafael Ellwanger began experimenting with different disciplines at age 4 when his mother enrolled him in judo. After training in taekwondo, kung fu, boxing,...
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2016 Black Belt Gift Guide for That Special Martial Artist in Your Life!
The staff of Black Belt gets to see and sometimes use the coolest products in the martial arts world. (No, we’re not hiring right now.) Because it’s the season of giving, we decided to look back at the...
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Enter the Mind of Master Ken, the Martial Artist Behind Enter the Dojo, Part 1
If you haven’t watched the wildly popular Enter the Dojo comedy series, do it now. Before you read this article. Go to YouTube and click. That’s the only way you’ll be able to put a face, a voice and a...
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