In her first-ever role as writer/producer, Cynthia Rothrock  makes a bold leap into new territory with BLACK CREEK  — a gritty Western...

The following is a snippet of a feature found exclusively in the Spring 2025 issue of Black Belt Magazine. Since 1979, Burton Richardson...

Many Black Belt  readers may be familiar with the Japanese phrase ken ki tai ichi . It means that one’s weapon ( ken , which can be...

The wrestler — having quickly disposed of his first four judomen — stood before the fifth opponent, glaring like a wild animal about to...

We’re honoring the matriarchs of martial arts. Sometimes, the most powerful warrior in the story we see never throws a punch—she raises...

There was a time when Saturday afternoons meant grainy VHS tapes, dubbed dialogue, and the unmistakable rhythm of kung fu battles on...

Here’s one for you to kick around with your dojo mates the next time you’re relaxing after training. It was back in the 1960s, a time...

Even though most martial artists dedicate themselves to learning practical responses to modern threats, violence can take unexpected...

Stanley Ketchel, aka “The Michigan Assassin,” was one of the greatest middleweight boxing champs of all time. He was noted for tremendous...

Jackie Chan is a walking, flipping, falling miracle  of modern cinema. While most actors leave danger to the stunt team, Jackie is  the...

The first time I saw the jeet kune do leg obstruction in action was in Dan Inosanto's backyard. Bruce Lee had recently left to make...

Most of us would love to be in movies. Unfortunately, no matter how good we are, most will never get a chance to perform on film. The...

It’s a sad fact that when we conduct combatives seminars, some attendees who have spent money and effort developing their martial arts...

Rigan Machado in His Feature Debut, the High-Stakes Film Screens April 28 at the TCL Chinese Theatre Blow for Blow  is set to make its...

If you’re a martial artist and you haven’t seen The Last Dragon  (1985), stop what you’re doing and fix that immediately. Directed by...

Imagine a political leader going to Duluth to tell Minnesotans this: “You are the descendants of Vikings. You have the blood of warriors...

The knife and its use as a defensive tool are always contentious topics — not only with respect to if and when you should use one but...

If you’ve ever suffered through stance training until your legs were jelly or repeated a form until you could do it in your sleep— The...

Part 1 of this article examines whether the Olympic Games have been good for judo and taekwondo. For input, we interrogated fire experts,...

Frank E. Sanchez has been around the block. As a youth in Guam, the U.S. territory in which he was born, he frequently had to call on his...

Tony Jaa is the undisputed king of heart-stopping, jaw-dropping, next-level fight scenes. With his insane Thai-style fighting skills and...

On my way to California’s Central Coast to interview a 57-year-old male martial artist who paints his toenails, I got bogged down in...

So this guy is standing 6 feet in front of me.  He’s got his right hand behind his back, and he’s saying he wants to f@%* me up. It’s...

Martial arts movies have always been more than just films—they’re a window into cultures, philosophies, and fighting styles. Whether it’s...