Karate Illustrated magazine is a United States magazine published by Black Belt, Inc. It was a bi-monthly and then a monthly magazine. It ran from September 1969 to August 2000. In May 1986, it changed its name to Karate Kung Fu Illustrated Magazine. In February 2000, it changed its name back to Karate Illustrated Magazine.


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September 1969

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 1

Pat Burleson & Pat Johnson

09/69 Karate Illustrated

November 1969

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 2

Chuck Norris

11/69 Karate Illustrated

January 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 3

Caylor Adkins

01/70 Karate Illustrated

March 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 4

Tonny Tulleners

03/70 Karate Illustrated

April 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 5

Fumio Demura

04/70 Karate Illustrated

May 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 6

Dan Inosanto

05/70 Karate Illustrated

June 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 7

Joe Corley & Steve Smith

06/70 Karate Illustrated

July 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 8

Chuck Norris & Bob Wall

07/70 Karate Illustrated

August 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 9

Carlos Bunda

08/70 Karate Illustrated

September 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 10

John Gehlsen

09/70 Karate Illustrated

October 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 11

Wally Slocki

10/70 Karate Illustrated

November 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 12

Bong Soo Han

11/70 Karate Illustrated

December 1970

Karate Illustrated

Vol 1, Num 13

Louis Delgado

12/70 Karate Illustrated

January 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 1

Thomas La Puppet

01/71 Karate Illustrated

February 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 2

Kiyoshi Yamazaki

02/71 Karate Illustrated

March 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 3

Victor Guerrero & Jerry Peddington & Steve Armstrong

03/71 Karate Illustrated

April 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 4

Byong Yu

04/71 Karate Illustrated

May 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 5

Leo Fong & Robert Garvey

05/71 Karate Illustrated

July 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 6

George Byrd

07/71 Karate Illustrated

September 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 7

Tony Reyes

09/71 Karate Illustrated

November 1971

Karate Illustrated

Vol 2, Num 8

Muay Thai

11/71 Karate Illustrated

January 1972

Karate Illustrated

Vol 3, Num 1

Jim Bottoms

01/72 Karate Illustrated

March 1972

Karate Illustrated

Vol 3, Num 2

Billy Watson

03/72 Karate Illustrated

May 1972

Karate Illustrated

Vol 3, Num 3

Jim Kelly

05/72 Karate Illustrated

July 1972

Karate Illustrated

Vol 3, Num 4

Bob Halliburton

07/72 Karate Illustrated

September 1972

Karate Illustrated

Vol 3, Num 5

Roy Kurban & Bob Dunek

09/72 Karate Illustrated

November 1972

Karate Illustrated

Vol 3, Num 6

Calvin Lockhart

11/72 Karate Illustrated

January 1973

Karate Illustrated

Vol 4, Num 1

Steve Sanders

01/73 Karate Illustrated

March 1973

Karate Illustrated

Vol 4, Num 2

Liang Kam Yuen

03/73 Karate Illustrated

May 1973

Karate Illustrated

Vol 4, Num 3

Dan Lee

05/73 Karate Illustrated

July 1973

Karate Illustrated

Vol 4, Num 4

Fumio Demura

07/73 Karate Illustrated

September 1973

Karate Illustrated

Vol 4, Num 5

?

09/73 Karate Illustrated

November 1973

Karate Illustrated

Vol 4, Num 6

Emil Farkas

11/73 Karate Illustrated

January 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 1

Dan Anderson

01/74 Karate Illustrated

March 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 2

Jerry Piddington

03/74 Karate Illustrated

April 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 3

Jay Hyon

04/74 Karate Illustrated

May 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 4

Donnie Williams

05/74 Karate Illustrated

June 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 5

Yong Kil Kim

06/74 Karate Illustrated

July 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 6

Benny Urquidez

07/74 Karate Illustrated

August 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 7

Danny Esquivel

08/74 Karate Illustrated

September 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 8

Joe Lewis & Steve Sanders

09/74 Karate Illustrated

October 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 9

Roy Kurban

10/74 Karate Illustrated

November 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 10

Allen Steen

11/74 Karate Illustrated

December 1974

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 11

Ark Wong

12/74 Karate Illustrated

January 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 1

Wally Slocki & Ryu Kenji

01/75 Karate Illustrated

February 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 2

Hidy Ochiai

02/75 Karate Illustrated

March 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 3

?

03/75 Karate Illustrated

April 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 4

Johnny Lee

04/75 Karate Illustrated

May 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 5

Parker Shelton

05/75 Karate Illustrated

June 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 6

Bong Soo Han

06/75 Karate Illustrated

July 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 7

Mel Wise

07/75 Karate Illustrated

August 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 8

Albert Leong

08/75 Karate Illustrated

September 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 9

Jay Will

09/75 Karate Illustrated

October 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 10

Ray Sua

10/75 Karate Illustrated

November 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 11

Fumio Demura

11/75 Karate Illustrated

December 1975

Karate Illustrated

Vol 6, Num 12

Jeff Smith

12/75 Karate Illustrated

January 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 1

Lindsay Ferguson

01/76 Karate Illustrated

February 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 2

Tournament

02/76 Karate Illustrated

March 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 3

Bruce Lee & Kareem Abdul Jabbar

03/76 Karate Illustrated

April 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 4

Tournament

04/76 Karate Illustrated

May 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 4

Makoto Ibushi

05/76 Karate Illustrated

June 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 6

Jhoon Rhee

06/76 Karate Illustrated

July 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 7

Al Gene Caraulia

07/76 Karate Illustrated

August 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 8

Flem Evans

08/76 Karate Illustrated

September 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 9

Jay Will

09/76 Karate Illustrated

October 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 10

Bill Ryusaki & Dick Mau & Marcello Canel

10/76 Karate Illustrated

November 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 11

Kang Chu Yi

11/76 Karate Illustrated

December 1976

Karate Illustrated

Vol 7, Num 12

Joe Lewis

12/76 Karate Illustrated

January 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 1

Mike Cass

01/77 Karate Illustrated

February 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 2

Ishmael Robles

02/77 Karate Illustrated

March 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 3

Ray Dalke

03/77 Karate Illustrated

April 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 4

Hee Il Cho

04/77 Karate Illustrated

May 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 5

Cecil Peoples & Louis Rafti

05/77 Karate Illustrated

June 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 6

Yong Tae Lee

06/77 Karate Illustrated

July 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 7

Jun Chong

07/77 Karate Illustrated

August 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 8

Dan Kerr

08/77 Karate Illustrated

September 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 9

Dan Ivan & Doug Ivan

09/77 Karate Illustrated

October 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 10

Toyotaro Miyazaki

10/77 Karate Illustrated

November 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 11

Chun Woo Lee

11/77 Karate Illustrated

December 1977

Karate Illustrated

Vol 8, Num 12

Frank Babcock

12/77 Karate Illustrated

January 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 1

Tadashi Yamashita

01/78 Karate Illustrated

February 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 2

Roy Kurban

02/78 Karate Illustrated

March 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 3

Steve Fisher

03/78 Karate Illustrated

April 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 4

Shin Duk Kang

04/78 Karate Illustrated

May 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 5

Sho Kosugi

05/78 Karate Illustrated

June 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 6

Chong Kim

06/78 Karate Illustrated

July 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 7

Kam Yuen

07/78 Karate Illustrated

August 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 8

Demetrius Havanas

08/78 Karate Illustrated

September 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 9

Yong Kil Kim

09/78 Karate Illustrated

October 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 10

Benny Urquidez

10/78 Karate Illustrated

November 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 11

Dong Lim

11/78 Karate Illustrated

December 1978

Karate Illustrated

Vol 9, Num 12

Tom Schlesinger

12/78 Karate Illustrated

January 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 1

Jeong Sook Lee

01/79 Karate Illustrated

February 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 2

Keith Vitali & Joe Corley

02/79 Karate Illustrated

March 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 3

Doug Ivan & Dave Crockett

03/79 Karate Illustrated

April 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 4

Jeff Smith & John Keating

04/79 Karate Illustrated

May 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 5

Bill Wallace & Earnest Hart Jr.

05/79 Karate Illustrated

June 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 6

Dae Woong Chung & John Wiedenma

06/79 Karate Illustrated

July 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 7

Glen McMorris

07/79 Karate Illustrated

August 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 8

Tae Man Kwon

08/79 Karate Illustrated

September 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 9

Peter Kim

09/79 Karate Illustrated

October 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 10

Joe Corley

10/79 Karate Illustrated

November 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 11

Chung Eun Kim

11/79 Karate Illustrated

December 1979

Karate Illustrated

Vol 10, Num 12

Gordon Franks

12/79 Karate Illustrated

January 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 1

Choon Seek Kim

01/80 Karate Illustrated

February 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 2

Dan Anderson & Bill Rooklidge

02/80 Karate Illustrated

March 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 3

Steve Shepherd

03/80 Karate Illustrated

April 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 4

Hee Il Cho & Kyu Ha Cho

04/80 Karate Illustrated

May 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 5

Keith Vitali & Richard Jackson

05/80 Karate Illustrated

June 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 6

Howard Jackson

06/80 Karate Illustrated

July 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 7

Jimmy Tabares

07/80 Karate Illustrated

August 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 8

John Worley

08/80 Karate Illustrated

September 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 9

Steve Foreman & Larry Kelley

09/80 Karate Illustrated

October 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 10

George Chung & Ernie Reyes Sr.

10/80 Karate Illustrated

November 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 11

Ernie Reyes Sr.

11/80 Karate Illustrated

December 1980

Karate Illustrated

Vol 11, Num 12

Mike Genova & Bobby Tucker

12/80 Karate Illustrated

January 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 1

Sonny Onowo

01/81 Karate Illustrated

February 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 2

Ross Scott & Bill Wallace

02/81 Karate Illustrated

March 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 3

Bobby Tucker & Sam Chapman

03/81 Karate Illustrated

April 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 4

Steve Anderson

04/81 Karate Illustrated

May 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 5

Katsutaka Tanaka

05/81 Karate Illustrated

June 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 6

Ray McCallum

06/81 Karate Illustrated

July 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 7

Tommy Williams & Ray McCallum

07/81 Karate Illustrated

August 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 8

Cynthia Rothrock

08/81 Karate Illustrated

September 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 9

Freddie Letuli & Larry Kelley

09/81 Karate Illustrated

October 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 10

John Chung

10/81 Karate Illustrated

November 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 11

Fred King

11/81 Karate Illustrated

December 1981

Karate Illustrated

Vol 12, Num 12

Sammy Montgomery

12/81 Karate Illustrated

January 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 1

Peter Morales

01/82 Karate Illustrated

February 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 2

Karen Sheperd

02/82 Karate Illustrated

March 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 3

Jeff Gripper & Ernie Hart Jr.

03/82 Karate Illustrated

April 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 4

David Deaton

04/82 Karate Illustrated

May 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 5

Gary Michak & George Michak

05/82 Karate Illustrated

June 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 6

John Chung

06/82 Karate Illustrated

July 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 7

Bill Wallace

07/82 Karate Illustrated

August 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 8

John Longstreet & Julian Duerschmidt

08/82 Karate Illustrated

September 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 9

Prize Money

09/82 Karate Illustrated

October 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 10

Anthony Chan

10/82 Karate Illustrated

November 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 11

Linda Denley

11/82 Karate Illustrated

December 1982

Karate Illustrated

Vol 13, Num 12

Curtis Sliwa & Lisa Sliwa

12/82 Karate Illustrated

January 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 1

Billy Blanks & Tokey Hill

01/83 Karate Illustrated

February 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 2

George Chung

02/83 Karate Illustrated

March 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 3

Dale Kirby

03/83 Karate Illustrated

April 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 4

Cynthia Rothrock

04/83 Karate Illustrated

May 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 5

Stuart Quan

05/83 Karate Illustrated

June 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 6

Arline Limas & Johnny Gyro

06/83 Karate Illustrated

July 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 7

Al Dacascos & Mark Dacascos & Earl White

07/83 Karate Illustrated

August 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 8

Don Wilson

08/83 Karate Illustrated

September 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 9

Sam Roberts

09/83 Karate Illustrated

October 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 10

Toyotaro Miyazaki

10/83 Karate Illustrated

November 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 11

Shoshin Nagamine

11/83 Karate Illustrated

December 1983

Karate Illustrated

Vol 14, Num 12

?

12/83 Karate Illustrated

January 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 1

Hidy Ochiai

01/84 Karate Illustrated

February 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 2

Yasuharu Makishi & Eihachi Ota

02/84 Karate Illustrated

March 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 3

Larry Carnahan

03/84 Karate Illustrated

April 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 4

James Baca & Felipe Garcia

04/84 Karate Illustrated

May 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 5

Patrick McCarthy

05/84 Karate Illustrated

June 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 6

Teruo Hayashi

06/84 Karate Illustrated

July 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 7

Lori Lantrip & Cissy Baird

07/84 Karate Illustrated

August 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 8

Hee Il Cho

08/84 Karate Illustrated

September 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 9

Hirokazu Kanazawa

09/84 Karate Illustrated

October 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 5, Num 10

Richard Plowden

10/84 Karate Illustrated

November 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 11

Keith Hirabayashi

11/84 Karate Illustrated

December 1984

Karate Illustrated

Vol 15, Num 12

Charlie Lee

12/84 Karate Illustrated

January 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 1

Yong Kim & Song Ki Yun

01/85 Karate Illustrated

February 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 2

William Cheung

02/85 Karate Illustrated

March 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 3

Eizo Shimabuku

03/85 Karate Illustrated

April 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 4

Teruo Chinen

04/85 Karate Illustrated

May 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 5

William Kim

05/85 Karate Illustrated

June 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 6

In Joo Suh

06/85 Karate Illustrated

July 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 7

Woo Kim

07/85 Karate Illustrated

August 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 8

Choy Li Fut & Doc Fai Wong

08/85 Karate Illustrated

September 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 9

In Suk Suh

09/85 Karate Illustrated

October 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 10

Kichoong Han

10/85 Karate Illustrated

November 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 11

Brian Fung & Johnny Gyro

11/85 Karate Illustrated

December 1985

Karate Illustrated

Vol 16, Num 12

John Chung

12/85 Karate Illustrated

January 1986

Karate Illustrated

Vol 17, Num 1

Brendan Lai

01/86 Karate Illustrated

February 1986

Karate Illustrated

Vol 17, Num 2

Wing Lam

02/86 Karate Illustrated

March 1986

Karate Illustrated

Vol 17, Num 3

Sonny Onowo

03/86 Karate Illustrated

April 1986

Karate Illustrated

Vol 17, Num 4

William Cheung

04/86 Karate Illustrated

February 2000

Karate Illustrated

Vol 31, Num 1

Matt Furey

02/00 Karate Illustrated

April 2000

Karate Illustrated

Vol 31, Num 2

Joko Ninomiya & Paul O' Malley

04/00 Karate Illustrated

June 2000

Karate Illustrated

Vol 31, Num 3

Hee Il Cho

06/00 Karate Illustrated

August 2000

Karate Illustrated

Vol 31, Num 4

Hector Echavarria

08/00 Karate Illustrated

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