The November 1984 Karate Illustrated cover featured a young Keith Cooke before his explosion as action star on the silver screen. Even...

The December 1984 Karate Illustrated cover featured a young Charlie Lee from Washington DC, with the headline "Tae Kwon Do: a New...

THIS MIGHT COME as a surprise to many who train in Japanese karate, who have come to regard Funakoshi (1868-1957) as the most...

The August 1970 Karate Illustrated featured one of Southern California's top competitors Carlos Bunda, featured on the cover with his...

The 1979 Karate Illustrated throwback features Bill "Superfoot Wallace" with PKA Heavyweight Champion Ernest Hart.

History has a flow; some characters are caught in the currents and carried along, while others fall into an eddy and are soon forgotten.

The Jan 1973 Karate Illustrated cover featured Steve Sanders, the then International Karate Champion..

Jamie Christine Lim is a Filipino Karateka and SEA Games gold medal champion in the women's kumite.

A story about a homeless person who’s also a martial arts master, and it became an acclaimed short film titled The Legend of Kung Funk.

 If You’re A Student Of Japanese Or Okinawan Karate, You’ve Been Introduced To The First Of The Five Heian Or Pinan Kata.

At 84, Chuck Norris is still at the top of his game, from movies to TV and even endorsements. Here is a special listicle from our publisher.

A Critical Look at Chojun Miyagi’s Landmark 1936 Lecture on the Origins of Karate

In matters of karate kata, there are all sorts of purported explanations for what’s really going on. What appears to be a simple step...

In the dynamic realm of martial arts, a new generation of super athletes is emerging and they're rewriting the script on what it means to...

Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere, which means if you’ve been going through the motions the last few weeks of winter, it’s time...

In the annals of martial arts history, there exists a technique so formidable, so revered, that it became synonymous with the Blood and...

Christine Bannon Rodrigues 9x WAKO World Karate Champion, SAG stunt woman, master instructor and co-promoter of the Ocean State Grand...

by Christopher Cockrell The word "legend" conjures up images of larger-than-life figures who have performed unbelievable feats over the...

Throughout Black Belt's illustrious 63-year history, the flying sidekick has remained among the most revered techniques, the flying side...

Martial arts, a blend of skill, discipline, and philosophy, offer far more than just self-defense techniques. Across centuries, they've...

When explaining the origin of the nunchaku, we need to follow different historical paths which lead us to ancient history and direct us...

The debate over what truly defines the world's greatest Martial Arts Magazines is a nuanced one, with various perspectives on the...

Think about how words, spoken or heard, can influence the way we train in the dojo. Those same words can influence the way we move our...

Ask the average karate practitioner to name the main styles of Japan, and chances are he’ll rattle off shotokan, goju-ryu and wado-ryu...