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To The Grit

About 10 winters ago I touched down in Manchester in a hard, driving English rain. The city was hidden from view. I was groggy after a red-eye from Dallas, an over-brewed black tea barking on my dry tongue.

The Wild Ones

North Conway is a typical New Hampshire town tucked among rolling hardwood hills and set at the foot of imposing granite slabs, but 30 years ago it was the stage on which a small band of climbers led the way in boldness and vision.

Pedersoli's 1886 Sporting Classic

Pedersoli recently introduced another version of the old Winchester Model 1886, which they are calling the Model 1886 Sporting Classic.

Keeping Up With The .44-70

A great rifle from C. Sharps Arms became mine in a rather quick way, even though it sat on the “ready rack” for about eight months before I had them put my name on it.

No Giveaways

Daniel Jones determined to end what could impact his future

The Wyoming Schuetzen Union's “Center Shot”

D .L .F .Chase – The Man Behind the Patch

Proving Doubters Wrong

Q&A with Darius Slayton

Thoughts On Set Triggers

Most of us in the single-shot world have rifles that utilize set triggers. However, I feel there are many misconceptions concerning set triggers even among those riflemen who have used them most of their life. Used in the correct fashion, set triggers can definitely help your shooting. Used incorrectly, they can promote bad habits and really create life-long mental shooting problems.

How I Load The .45-90 For Long-Range Target Competition

This will be short and to the point. Loading the .45-90 and similar capacity black-powder cartridge rifle calibers has, for me, evolved into a process that is repeated each time I crack a new case of black powder or begin a relationship with a new rifle.

The 12th Dimension

Yes, there are reasons to be thankful

Bad, Boring And Blue

The Knicks have become one of the laughingstocks of professional sports across most of the past decade.

Jones Shining Through Dark Season

Very few experts and fans expected the New York Giants to select Duke quarterback Daniel Jones with the sixth overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft. But there he was, up on the stage in Nashville donning the Giants’ cap and hugging the commissioner.

‘We take it week to week'

Here are some highlights from head coach Sean McDermott’s recent press conferences.

Unforgettable win is a game-changer

The scenes, everywhere you looked, were incredible.

SPEAKING UP-Young LB finding his voice

Ever since arriving in Buffalo, Tremaine Edmunds has walked the walk. Now he’s beginning to talk the talk.

1st &Ten with ANDRE ROBERTS

Andre Roberts has finally been getting some more opportunities to showcase his skills on special teams in recent weeks, and it’s been a welcome development for the Bills for sure.

Top 9 Practice Squad Graduates

The 49ers entered the 2019 season with five players on the team’s 53-man roster that began their NFL careers on San Francisco’s practice squad, several of which have played significant roles during the team’s best start to a season in almost 30 years. San Francisco’s developmental squad has been a launching pad to successful NFL careers for numerous players since the league adopted its current structure for those units during the 1990s, and here’s the best to emerge with the 49ers and make the biggest impact on the team during the embryonic stages of their careers.

The Need For 3

With trade deadline looming, is third QB asset or luxury?

Fast Company

NFL’s No. 1 ground game has super-charged offense

You Can Always Come Home

T.O. immortalized in 49ers Hall of Fame

49ers Report Card

Handing out grades to the 49ers as they close in on the midpoint of their season while breaking down the positives, negatives and bottom line in each positional area of the team.

The Sword Behind The Smile

In Karate Way, often I’ve discussed the many Japanese idioms and sayings that refer to the sword. This aspect of colloquial Japanese reminds one of how deeply the sword and the warrior influenced the culture of that country.

Take Your Dojo To A Higher Rank In 3 Easy Steps!

I’ve run martial arts schools for many years. Like most school owners during the days before Google and Bing, I depended on listings in the White Pages, which I augmented with paid ads in the Yellow Pages. To stay near the top, I used the alphabet, making sure my dojo names started with “Burk” or “American.” When coupled with the occasional display ad in a local publication, this strategy worked well for decades. The phone would ring regularly with calls from interested parties, and those leads often turned into new enrollments.

Sudden Violence

My Kembativz organization recently ran its Sudden Violence course for the second time this year. The intensive training session puts students in some very unfamiliar and uncomfortable situations with drills that require ferocity and legitimate performance. The focus is on developing enough skill to deal with situations that suddenly — and unexpectedly — become critically violent.

Power Of The Punch

How It Stacks Up Against 3 Other Go-To Responses To An Attack

Navigating The Maze That Is The Japanese Language

Those giant mazes, made of hedges or carved from cornfields and designed so that you have to wind your way through, are a simple stroll compared to the maze presented when working your way through the Japanese language.

Martial Arts Worldview

Training in Hapkido, Watching Billy Jack and Becoming a Sheepdog

Demetrious Johnson

MIXED-MARTIAL ARTS SUPERSTAR TALKS ABOUT BEING A SMALLER FIGHTER IN A COMBAT SPORT RULED BY GIANTS

How To Tame Your Dragon

Learn the mechanics and do the drills, then unleash the beast that is your round kick!

2019 Black Belt Hall Of Fame

As you’ve no doubt noticed, this is Black Belt’s annual Hall of Fame issue. Presented here are five inductions for 2019. Appended to the Demetrious Johnson cover story is the sixth. Watch for additional coverage of these talented martial artists in future issues of Black Belt.