Black Belt Books: 8 books

Announcing the digital edition of Modern Arnis: The Filipino Art of Stick Fighting by Remy Presas! Presas became a national figure in the Philippines for his blending of island fighting styles and elements of other martial arts into one system, which he named modern arnis. By 1970, in his...

Announcing the digital edition of Tonfa: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense by Fumio Demura!             Author Fumio Demura began his training in martial arts in his early years. He studied kendo as a means of building strength and improving...

Kama: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense, by Fumio Demura, is available for the first time in 20 years! The new digital version of Kama is a must-have for all martial arts enthusiasts and students of martial arts techniques. Bonus content includes four Black Belt magazine interviews with Demura, one of...

From the author of the Army’s field manual on hand-to-hand combat! Matt Larsen has brought together reality-based strategies for mastering close-quarters fight situations in Modern Army Combatives: Battle-Proven Techniques and Training Methods. Based on lessons gleaned from battlefields and several...

Blockbuster movies and top-selling novels, such as ShŌgun and Musashi, may try to give us a picture of the Japanese warrior and the principles that guided him through life. But those portrayals are, essentially, outsiders’ views, and although perhaps valid in their own right, do not come from the...

In WINNING ON THE GROUND: Training and Techniques for Judo and MMA Fighters, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, 1984 world judo champion, and James Pedro Sr., coach of international judo medalists, present a variety of techniques developed over the years. Their coaching has helped such winners in the worlds of...

            What does it mean to be a samurai in Japan when there are no battles to be fought? During the 17th century, Daidoji Yuzan set about to address the paradox of the existence of a warrior class during peacetime. His text, written for...

In the new book Bruce Lee: The Evolution of a Martial Artist, author Tommy Gong traces Lee's path as he developed his martial art of jeet kune do and his philosophy of self-actualization. That path led Lee from Hong Kong to Seattle and then to Oakland and Los Angeles and back to Hong Kong as he evolved...