Black Belt Magazine

A tactical self-defense expert shares realistic home-defense strategies every martial artist should know.

Feeling tired after eating carbs? Here’s the difference between unhealthy carb crashes and strategic fueling for performance.

A Fighting Monk Teaches 4 Traditional Chinese Training Methods—And They All Have Self-Defense Applications!

“In the Spirit of the Dragon,” a one-day martial arts benefit event supporting the Bruce Lee Foundation, is bringing together instructors, students, masters, and martial arts enthusiasts from across Southern California for a day dedicated to learning, unity, and legacy.

Tough guys—we have plenty. In fact, on any given day, you can’t swing a nunchaku around the Black Belt office without hitting a self-defense expert, an MMA champ or a street-hardened master who has dropped by for an interview or photo shoot. Tough girls are a different matter. First off, we don’t have as many women cycling through. Second, not all the female martial artists we d...