Cover Story Throwback: Mike Stone, September 1988
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From his first championship win in 1964 to earning the Black Belt Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024, Mike Stone has never stopped making waves in the martial arts world.
Now in 2025, he's still globe-trotting—active, influential, and unstoppable. Proof that true warriors never slow down.
A pioneer in the past and a powerful voice in the present, Mike Stone continues to shape the future of martial arts in this new era of influence.

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