Black_Belt_-_October-November_2019

The 194th issue of Black Belt

was dated February 1980. It

was 76 pages long and featured

shotokan karate stylist Emil

Farkas on the cover.

From

the

Archives

Vol. 18, No. 2, $1.50

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  shotokan practitioner Emil Farkas, who grew up in the middle of
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• A show called Way of Action features the talents of Linda
  Lutes and Nelson Howe. The karateka are touring the nation to
  demonstrate martial arts–related feats.


• After the passing of Han Kim, Black Belt gets a new publisher:
  Robert Matheney.


• Jhoon Rhee Sports begins marketing its line of Bionic Chop
  sparring gear.


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• Back issues of Black Belt now sell for $2 each. A one-year gift
  subscription goes for $12.50.


• The National Athletic Health Institute is teaming up with Sho
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    maybe a quarter of an inch. The masters learn to extend and
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  • In a feature story, Chuck Norris extols the virtues of the Total
    Gym exercise machine.
  
  
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  • Need to learn how to wield a nunchaku the safe way? Grab a
    Shodan Softchuk, made of foam rubber and costing just $5.95.
  
  
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(Note: Back issues are not for sale.)

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