Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 12
Label: Active Interest Media
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: Active Interest Media
Number Of Issues: 12
Publisher: Active Interest Media
Studio: Active Interest Media
Subscription Length: 365

Black Belt tells you everything you need to know about every style of self-defense in the world! It offers the broadest, most informative coverage of all aspects of the traditional fighting disciplines that were developed in Asia, as well as the modern eclectic systems that were devised in the West.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Complete rip-off
Comment: I ordered this magazine subscription Aug. 25, 2006 and have yet to receive an issue!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Black Belt Mag.
Comment: Ordered in September 2006, and have yet to receive an issue, today is Dec 21.06. Most of the time you can count on amazon, but I'm beginning to think that this is a rip off. I rated one star, because your can't give no stars

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Customer Rating:
Summary: never came
Comment: I ordered a subscription and waited 12 weeks for delivery but no magazine has arrived. If you are going to subscribe do it through black belt directly.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Learn To Defend Yourself Without Being A Black Belt!!!
Comment: The title of this publication is, I'd say, unintentionally misleading. To many people, it would lead you to believe the magazine is only aimed at those who are black belts, but take my word for it, ANYONE can benefit from this insightful publication. I recently seen one on a magazine rack, and wanted to skim through it because I found out that many back issues are considered highly collectible and I was hoping to find out why. As soon as I looked at the cover, I found one reason why they are so popular (I'm referring to a June 2005 Edition). On the cover, one of the lead stories concerned "Secrets to Controlling Your Fear". Then when I opened up the magazine to look at the contents, I seen even more articles of interest: "Wisdom Against Weapons" and "Against The Wall"(8 techniques in self defense using the environment). They were illustrated and well formatted. Hey, I learned new ways to defend myself, without even having to step foot in an Karate school. You can't beat a deal like that.
Of course, there's the usual gob of advertisements, but what magazines don't have that? And at least this magazine teaches you how you can defend your life, or that of someone else. That, in itself makes the magazine worth subscribing too doesn't it?. And you ladies out there, don't think for one minute that this is just a "men's" magazine. In fact in this June 2005 Edition, there is an article on Kerri Kasem ( a lady fighter), who also shows off a few of her techniques. There's another lady mentioned... 14 year old Caitlin Dechelle, who has 3 black belts in various martial arts. And unlike a lot of magazines which feel they have to put people in them wearing nothing or next to nothing to try and help their sales, this magazine's format is clearly focused on one point, showing you HOW TO BECOME A VICTOR INSTEAD OF A VICTIM!!!
So in short, no matter your age, no matter your sex, ANYONE can benefit from this intriguing publication.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Do Not Subscribe
Comment: Do not subscribe to this magazine. I subscribed in December and the money was taken out of my bank account on 18 December. Since then I have received no magazines and my money has not been returned despite many e-mails. They seem to simply steal money and there does not seem to be anything that I can do about it.

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