Black Belt Magazine

[pandaGIRL]

Hello everyone

 

Not sure if this is  OK to post ..but is it worth it to subscribe to the magazine? or is anything else worth out there subscribing to? regarding karate or martial arts..

 

[bushido_man96]

I used to subscribe to Black Belt, and always enjoyed it.  I honestly didn't know the magazine was still printed.  I assumed it had all gone digital, and I don't prefer to consume content that way.

[Zaine]

They have moved to a digital only model, which is not how I like to consume my written media. I would take a look at some of the articles they have published recently and see if it's something that you're interested in. As far as I remember, they talk a lot about the MMA side of martial arts, which is not really what I'm into. 

[sensei8]

I was a long time subscriber of BBM but I have stopped reading it because there seemed to be much more ads than before and not as many articles.

BBM returned to print back in October 2024. 

[bushido_man96]

I'll have to look into the print subscription, see what that's about.

I picked up a print magazine on Amazon called Deadly Art of Survival.  Mostly bios of various Martial Artists, but a good read so far.

[Zaine]

16 hours ago, sensei8 said:

I was a long time subscriber of BBM but I have stopped reading it because there seemed to be much more ads than before and not as many articles.

BBM returned to print back in October 2024. 

I didn't know that! I might look into it then, I like holding the magazine when I read articles.

[pandaGIRL]

On 3/26/2025 at 11:11 AM, Zaine said:

I didn't know that! I might look into it then, I like holding the magazine when I read articles.

same here!! i would subscribe to black belt, but I don't like the idea of digital either.

[KarateKen]

On 3/26/2025 at 8:11 AM, Zaine said:

I didn't know that! I might look into it then, I like holding the magazine when I read articles.

I made that same statement a teenager reading Playboy and nobody believed it.