Black Belt Magazine

There are two ways to go about constructing the physical training regimen you need to get better: by focusing on general physical preparedness (GPP) or specific physical preparedness (SPP).

As much as Bruce Lee is a superstar around the globe, his memory is especially prominent in Asia.

In April 2012, DREAM bantamweight champ Kenji Osawa posted a remarkable picture on his blog. He’d suffered a bad break below the knee in 2011 and had a bunch of metal put in to help the bone heal. In April, he finally had it all taken out. The picture was of the shin-length metal rod and the bolts that held it in place. I guess the point was to show what it takes to heal a bad i...

Masatoshi Nakayama taught the world how to practice karate, and in doing so, helped ensure that the spirit of Shotokan would live far beyond the walls of any single dojo.

For anyone who has ever wondered where martial arts can take them beyond the dojo, Justin Ortiz and Jewelianna Ramos-Ortiz are helping answer that question—one production at a time.