2024 Black Belt Hall of Fame Inductee Ernie Reyes Jr. is the featured throwback, having graced the cover of the May 1991 issue. At just...

The September 1972 cover of Karate Illustrated   showcased the blood-and-guts era of full-contact, bare-knuckle fighting, featuring Texas...

2024 Black Belt Hall of Fame Inductee Jean Jacques Machado is no stranger to the spotlight—featured on the 2008 cover and now...

The 2004 cover features UFC Champion Chuck Liddell in his fighting stance pose. The future Black Belt Hall of Famer was busy making...

24 years ago this month world champion boxer, kickboxer, and stuntwoman Bridgett "Babydoll" Riley graced the cover...

Byong Yu on the cover the Black Belt Magazine's 12th Annual Yearbook...

The father of modern Arnis, Remy Presas taught thousands of students worldwide and was one of the first to spread the Filipino arts on a...

In his 4th cover of Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do Master Hee-il Cho demonstrates his jumping twist kick in a cover shot by Doug Churchill

Jean Claude Van Damme appeared on the 1993 cover shot by Doug Churchill. Showing off the "muscles from Brussels."

The Jan 1973 Karate Illustrated cover featured Steve Sanders, the then International Karate Champion..

Bruce Lee is featured on the 1971 cover, it was his second cover focused on Jeet Kune Do.