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DIVERSITY IN THE DOJO

Black Belt Magazine • VOLUME 58, NO. 6 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020

MIKE TYSON to Fight ROY JONES JR. in Exhibition Bout • MARTIAL ARTS NEWS YOU CAN USE. READ IT - KNOW IT - LIVE IT

KOREAN ARCHERY DESIGNATED INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

COBRA KAI MOVES TO NETFLIX

JOHN SAXON, CO-STAR OF “ENTER THE DRAGON,” DIES

2020 DIAMOND NATIONALS CANCELED

TERUNOFUJI WINS GRAND SUMO TOURNAMENT

SUMO RETURNS IN JAPAN DESPITE CONTINUED PANDEMIC FEARS

DOJO LISTINGS

ON A STORY POSTED ON BLACKBELTMAG.COM

ON OUR CLASSIC SHATNER FEATURE

ON BLACK BELT HALL OF FAMER HELPING YOUTH

ON A MEMORIAL POST

ON A MARTIAL ARTS INSPIRATION

WHAT KARATE STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE JAPANESE SWORD • WHAT DOES A KARATEKA NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JAPANESE SWORD? WELL, NOTHING REALLY.

A LESSON IN PREVENTION, COURTESY OF JOE LEWIS • THE FIRST TIME I MET JOE LEWIS WAS IN 1985 AT A SPARRING SEMINAR HE GAVE IN CORONA, CALIFORNIA.

10 YEARS OF TRAVEL, PART 1 • BLACK BELT DEBUTED THIS DESTINATIONS COLUMN IN 2010, AND DURING THE DECADE THAT FOLLOWED, I’VE TAKEN READERS TO A SERIES OF EXOTIC LOCALES, INCLUDING BORNEO, CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA), PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, THAILAND AND VIETNAM. THESE JOURNEYS HAVE LED ME TO A NUMBER OF CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE MARTIAL ARTS AROUND THE WORLD.

UTILITY VS. COMBAT: TOMAHAWKS AND TRADE KNIVES • A THOUGHTFUL QUESTION FROM MITCH MITCHELL, AN AFFILIATE COACH OF AMERICAN FRONTIER ROUGH AND TUMBLE, PROMPTED ME TO COMMIT TO PAPER SOME OBSERVATIONS REGARDING TWO COMMON TOOLS/WEAPONS OF THE FRONTIER. FIRST, THE EXCHANGE THAT LED TO ALL THIS:

IN SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING, BEWARE OF INTELLECTUALIZATION! • INTELLECTUALIZATION IS DEFINED AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM THAT ENTAILS USING REASONING TO AVOID UNCONSCIOUS CONFLICT AND ITS ASSOCIATED EMOTIONAL STRESS — WHEREIN THINKING IS USED TO AVOID FEELING. IT INVOLVES REMOVING ONESELF EMOTIONALLY FROM A STRESSFUL EVENT.

BE WATER AND ENTER THE FAT DRAGON

ESSENTIAL GEAR

MODERN MUSASHI • JOCKO WILLINK's Commentaries on the Martial Way

THE SAI • A CLASSICAL APPROACH TO WIELDING A CLASSICAL WEAPON

Police Officers and Martial Arts • AND OTHER TECHNIQUES REQUIRES PROPER TRAINING!

21 From 21 • TOP MARTIAL ARTS FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

BLACK & WHITE • It’s About More Than Belts and Uniforms, Part 1

POSITIONAL SETUP • Win More Fights by Recognizing What Your Opponent Will Do Next — Let “SUPER” DAN ANDERSON Show You the Way!

FULL CIRCLE

BEAUTY OF BRANDING: KEEP MERCHANDISE SALES IN-HOUSE! • ALL MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL OWNERS SHOULD MAKE THE MOST OUT OF SELLING MERCHANDISE TO THEIR STUDENTS.

KIDS IN MARTIAL ARTS: RAISE ’EM RIGHT! • WILLIE JOHNSON IS A PIONEER IN THE AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS.

From the Archive • VOL. 18, NO. 8, $1.50 The 200th issue of Black Belt was dated August 1980. It was 76 pages long and featured 40-year-old Chuck Norris on the cover.