Black Belt – August-September 2019

On a Question

of the Day

BLACK BELT: Know these gentlemen?

Thomas M. O’Brien: Tak Kubota and

Charles Bronson

Jasso Raul: Wow. Charles Bronson

and sensei Kubota, from The

Mechanic!

Douglas Yonker: Love that movie!

Big fan of Bronson, who grew up a

few miles from me. He was a WW

2 veteran as well. Tak Kubota was,

in his day, an awesomely fierce

martial artist. He was also in another

excellent action flick, The Killer Elite.

On a Bill Wallace Photo We Posted

BLACK BELT: Second to none! There’s no better kicker in the martial arts world.

#Superfoot

Terry Wetsu Robbins: He has blessed us all, and we are better kickers

and fighters because of it!

Jess Pontiayu: A deadly gentleman!

On Words of Wisdom

From the Founder of Judo

BLACK BELT: “Force your opponent to make his body rigid

and lose balance, and then when he is helpless, you

attack.” — Jigoro Kano

Thanasis Zardas: A man whose vision helped all

martial arts to not disappear in time!! Everyone

should thank him.

Jason McNeil: Joe Lewis said the same thing about

sparring. It was one of his core “advanced” concepts.

Marco Jacquez: Wise words from a martial

arts legend.

On a Local

News Story

in Phoenix

BLACK BELT: MMA in the news — go

here to read “More charges filed

over unsanctioned combat sports

in metro Phoenix” on KTAR.com.

Alex Layko: Two consenting

adults should have the right to

fight each other. Doesn’t the

government have anything

better to do?

20 BLACKBELTMAG.COM § AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019

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