MMA fighter Tim Kennedy, 32, now a staff sergeant in the Texas National Guard, got his martial start in middle school by signing up for karate lessons at the local civic center.
At 12, he began Japanese jujitsu under Terry Kelly and Barry Smith and later earned his black belt from them. During the five
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Posted in Mixed Martial Arts.
Black Belt magazine has posted its 50-year archive of magazine covers at its popular Facebook page! Each image in this extensive online gallery of vintage martial arts magazine covers is available for purchase through the page’s new Pixxlz portal, which allows fans of Black Belt — and of the martial arts in general — to
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Posted in Martial Arts Multimedia.
November 2003 marked the end of an era for the Ultimate Fighting Championship—and by extension, the mixed martial arts in the United States. Over the course of those 10 years, the sport saw more evolution than Darwin’s notepad. And through it all, despite rumors of banishment, mortality rates, political machinations or simply the laws of
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Posted in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, General Martial Arts History, Mixed Martial Arts, Randy Couture, Royce Gracie, Tito Ortiz, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Western Martial Arts History.
