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Tinseltown Jiu-Jitsu
Find out how Married With Children star Ed O’Neill introduced David Mamet to Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Jeet Kune Do Resource

New Bruce Lee / Jeet Kune Do Books
Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: The Complete Edition, Chinese Gung Fu and Chinatown Jeet Kune Do coming soon!

Look Who Stopped By

Traditional and Mixed Martial Artists at Black Belt
Georges St. Pierre and Hayward Nishioka come to us—and we go visit Mike Chaturantabut at the new Xtreme Martial Arts studio!

Hall of Fame

The Authentic Samurai
Masayuki Shimabukuro discusses samurai swordsmanship, bushido and the teacher-student relationship in this EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!

From the Archives

In Defense of Kyusho-Jitsu
In this September 2005 article, Chris Thomas discusses criticisms of the self-defense style taught by George Dillman.

Essential Gear

Julius Melegrito: Philippine Fighting Arts
Authority on Philippine martial arts of kali, escrima and arnis releases new three-DVD instructional series.

Who's Who

Matthew Lynch

Black Belt Contributor / Swordsman

Celebrity Watch

Andy Summers: Rock Star Does Tai Chi Chuan
Guitarist for The Police talks with Black Belt about the art's discipline and its effect on his music.

Mixed Martial Arts

Bas Rutten Gets Animated in GTA IV
In our exclusive interview, El Guapo fills us in on the joys of being bald and why he turned down a part in a Van Damme movie.