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April 2010

On-sale Tuesday, February 16

FEATURES

DAN HENDERSON
The Team Quest co-founder and mixed-martial arts champ is a balanced individual—who can render you unconscious in the blink of an eye.

DIRTY DOZEN
These 12 reality-based survival tools from kuntao jiu-jitsu will help you fend off any attacker.

BLADE BARRIER
The Korean art of hapkido is renowned for its knife defense. Here are the essential lessons, courtesy of sixth-degree black-belt Han Woong Kim.

CONTEMPORARY JKD
Paul Vunak explains the interpretation of jeet kune do he learned from Dan Inosanto and reveals how he’s continued its evolution.

FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER
Olympic bronze-medalist Ronda Rousey carries on her mother’s tradition of judo excellence. Plus: four winning throws!

(RE)ENTER THE NINJA!
The dark art has received a makeover. Masaaki Hatsumi changed its name to budo taijutsu, and a new crop of movies is hitting the box office.

THE ELBOW THRUST
Learn three muay Thai variations of this unique technique, which is designed to function as a clinch-breaking maneuver rather than an offensive strike.

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DEPARTMENTS

JEET KUNE DO SOURCE
The message of Dr. Jerry Beasley is simple: If you want to understand JKD, you have to spar like you mean it.

VERSUS
Mark Hatmaker debunks the common wisdom of perpetual hydration during training.

FIGHTBOOK
Lou Neglia’s grass-roots approach to mixed-martial arts promotion has allowed his Ring of Combat to survive where others have failed.

HIGH RISK
How ready are you for a dog attack? If your answer is anything less than “100 percent,” you need to know what Sgt. Jim Wagner is teaching.

FULL CONTACT
Bill Wallace offers his double-edged perspective on reality self-defense.

KARATE WAY
When the moment of truth arrives, you must choose your response without thinking twice. Dave Lowry elaborates.

FAR EAST
Mark Jacobs visits the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art to give you a glimpse of the artistic world of samurai swords and armor.

WAY OF THE WARRIOR
Elegance and simplicity are goals in many martial arts, but Keith Vargo describes how ugly the real thing often has to be.

SCREEN SHOTS
Patrick Vuong reviews Hector Echavarria’s Death Warrior, a new release on DVD.

CELEBRITY WATCH
Texas martial arts instructor Danny Passmore doesn’t fall victim to Borat’s guerrilla-style humiliation comedy.

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PLUS

Editorial + Mailbox + News + Essential Gear
Black Belt Pages + Classifieds + From the Archives

ABOUT THE COVER

Dan Henderson was photographed by Thomas Sanders.
John Bodine designed the cover.