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THE VOICE OF THE MARTIAL ARTS SINCE 1968
www.OfficialKarateMag.com
Official Karate Magazine™ is the “official” publication of Martial Arts Grandmasters International®. It is a 21st Century version of the original Official Karate that was published from June 1969 to Winter 1995 by founding editor Al Weiss and Charlton Publications. We are published quarterly in digital format with a printed “annual” issue. MAGI® is a dynamic association of traditional and modern martial arts practitioners. Since 1994, we have strived to fulfill our mission to recognize and register kyu/gup students, black belts, masters, and grandmasters of various martial arts styles organizations, Asian and Western self-defense systems, and fighting arts. Editor and Publisher: Andrew S. Linick, Ph.D. Managing Editor and Creative Director: Keith D. Yates Editorial Consultant: David Weiss Contributors: Tony Annesi, Ric Black, Cezar Borkowski, Joe Corley, Linda Denley, Emil Farkas, MAGI® Member Benefits Membership in MAGI® will afford you the opportunity to have an affiliation with the first-generation pioneers who sit on our Board of Advisors. Of course you can share in their wisdom in the pages of Official Karate magazine (a subscription is included in your membership) but you can also take advantage of a direct dialogue with these Grandmasters through our websites and Facebook pages. You can proudly display the impressive MAGI® membership certificates, colorful uniform patches, and even attention-getting trademark protected four color window decals that proclaim you are an “affiliated” professional MAGI® school. (It’s considered the ‘BBB’ in the MA industry) You will receive big discounts on high-quality Asian weapons, books, videos & DVD’s, e-books, t-shirts, equipment bags, and even professional custom framing for MAGI™ certificates and for your own school certificates. We are adding new features and benefits all the time so click on and “LIKE” us at www.facebook.com/joinMAGI. You can also go to www.joinmagi.org.
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OFFICIAL KARATE Summer 2012
Sound Off! Ahh, the good ole days are back. —James Cook Grandmaster Yates, great articles and thanks for the mention. It is always nice to be remembered. —Grandmaster Pat Worley We distributed the 2012 Annual Issue to officials at our Battle of Atlanta after-party hosted by Andy Horne. It was well received by all. —Grandmaster Joe Corley I remember reading Official Karate back in the early seventies. It never went “glossy,” it stayed true to the art, good reporting, real people, a mag you could relate to. I am so glad it is back. —Al Case Wow! That is so cool! To be able to read Official Karate on my ipad or computer or iphone is so cool! [editor’s note: view it via our website]. Thanks for the gift. GMs Linick and Yates, you going to get me hooked! I wish I could find early editions of Official Karate’s Yearbook, maybe 1978 to 1981, that had a featured picture of me in the Stars of the Martial Arts. Be cool for my students and son to see what we did back in the day of full-contact karate—I mean light contact. —Master Danny McCall Keith, a splendid article on Martial Arts wisdom, and all it entails. I genuinely enjoyed it. —Grandmaster Richard Jenkins Thanks for the link to Official Karate magazine. The Spring issue was very informative. —Master Greg Harris