Official Karate magazine is a monthly United States magazine published by Charlton Publications, Inc. It ran from June 1969 to Winter 1995. In 2012, it started an online version only of Official Karate.


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June 1969

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 1

John Kuhl & Joe Kelleher

06/69 Official Karate

August 1969

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 2

Ed McGrath & Dennis Bootle

08/69 Official Karate

October 1969

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 3

Louis Delgado & Ron Marchini

10/69 Official Karate

December 1969

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 4

Toyotaro Miyazaki & Gonzales Bradford

12/69 Official Karate

February 1970

Official Karate

Vol 2, Num 5

Karate Championships Patches

02/70 Official Karate

April 1970

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 6

Chuck Norris & Mike Stone

04/70 Official Karate

June 1970

Official Karate

Vol 2, Num 1

Don Nagle

06/70 Official Karate

August 1970

Official Karate

Vol 2, Num 8

Albert Gotay

08/70 Official Karate

October 1970

Official Karate

Vol 2, Num 9

Peter Urban

10/70 Official Karate

December 1970

Official Karate

Vol 2, Num 10

John Kuhl

12/70 Official Karate

February 1971

Official Karate

Vol 3, Num 11

Tadashi Nakamura & Shiregu Oyama

02/71 Official Karate

April 1971

Official Karate

Vol 3, Num 12

Joe Lewis

04/71 Official Karate

June 1971

Official Karate

Vol 3, Num 13

Karriem Allah

06/71 Official Karate

August 1971

Official Karate

Vol 3, Num 14

Albert Gotay

08/71 Official Karate

October 1971

Official Karate

Vol 3, Num 15

Wally Slocki & Jimmy Santiago

10/71 Official Karate

December 1971

Official Karate

Vol 3, Num 16

Gary Alexander & James Carras

12/71 Official Karate

February 1972

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 17

Dennis Bootle & Lloyd Doppman

02/72 Official Karate

April 1972

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 18

Frank Ruiz

04/72 Official Karate

June 1972

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 19

Bill Hayes

06/72 Official Karate

August 1972

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 20

Joe Lewis

08/72 Official Karate

October 1972

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 21

Jay Will

10/72 Official Karate

December 1972

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 22

John Kuhl & Uwe Igel

12/72 Official Karate

February 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 23

Andrew Linick

02/73 Official Karate

April 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 24

Marty Manuel

04/73 Official Karate

May 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 25

George Dillman & Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) & Eugene Perceval

05/73 Official Karate

July 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 26

Chuck Norris & Ray Martin

07/73 Official Karate

August 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 27

?

08/73 Official Karate

September 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 28

Moses Powell

09/73 Official Karate

October 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 29

Hugh Keley

10/73 Official Karate

November 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 30

Alex Sternberg

11/73 Official Karate

December 1973

Official Karate

Vol 5, Num 31

Thomas La Puppet

12/73 Official Karate

January 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 32

Isaac Henry

01/74 Official Karate

February 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 33

Hidy Ochiai

02/74 Official Karate

April 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 34

Jae Hwa Kwon

04/74 Official Karate

May 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 35

William Louie

05/74 Official Karate

June 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 36

Teddy Wong

06/74 Official Karate

July 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 37

Shigeru Numanoon

07/74 Official Karate

August 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 38

Bill Wallace

08/74 Official Karate

September 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 39

Tayari Casel & Little John Davis

09/74 Official Karate

October 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 40

Jimmie Jones

10/74 Official Karate

November 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 41

John Kuhl

11/74 Official Karate

December 1974

Official Karate

Vol 6, Num 42

William Oliver

12/74 Official Karate

January 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 43

Eizo Onishi

01/75 Official Karate

February 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 44

Angi Uezu

02/75 Official Karate

March 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 45

First Southwest Regional tournament

03/75 Official Karate

April 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 46

He Young Kimm & Tayari Casel

04/75 Official Karate

May 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 47

Ron Taganashi

05/75 Official Karate

June 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 48

Louis Delgado & Karriem Allah

06/75 Official Karate

July 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 49

Cliff Kelly

07/75 Official Karate

August 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 50

Mike Stone

08/75 Official Karate

September 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 51

Flem Evans

09/75 Official Karate

October 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 52

Roy White

10/75 Official Karate

November 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 53

Ed Parker

11/75 Official Karate

December 1975

Official Karate

Vol 7, Num 54

Fred Miller

12/75 Official Karate

January 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 55

Bong Soo Han

01/76 Official Karate

February 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 56

Bob Wall

02/76 Official Karate

March 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 57

Mas Oyama

03/76 Official Karate

April 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 58

Alexander Kwok

04/76 Official Karate

May 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 59

?

05/76 Official Karate

June 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 60

Ron Rosen & Ron Duncan

06/76 Official Karate

July 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 61

Jhoon Rhee

07/76 Official Karate

August 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 62

Howard Tague

08/76 Official Karate

September 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 63

Harry Rosenstein

09/76 Official Karate

October 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 64

Full Contact

10/76 Official Karate

November 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 65

Emil Farkas

11/76 Official Karate

December 1976

Official Karate

Vol 8, Num 66

Dan Ivan

12/76 Official Karate

January 1977

Official Karate

Vol 9, Num 67

Hidy Ochiai

01/77 Official Karate

April 1977

Official Karate

Vol 9, Num 68

Leo Gaje

04/77 Official Karate

June 1977

Official Karate

Vol 9, Num 69

Rick Andrews

06/77 Official Karate

August 1977

Official Karate

Vol 9, Num 70

?

08/77 Official Karate

October 1977

Official Karate

Vol 9, Num 71

Jay Will

10/77 Official Karate

December 1977

Official Karate

Vol 9, Num 72

Jim Carras

12/77 Official Karate

February 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 73

Mike McNamara

02/78 Official Karate

April 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 74

Bill Wallace & Earnest Hart & Elvis Presley

04/78 Official Karate

June 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 75

Dennis Bootle

06/78 Official Karate

August 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 76

Chuck Norris & Gogen Yamaguchi

08/78 Official Karate

September 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 77

Bill Wallace & Emilio Narvaez

09/78 Official Karate

October 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 78

Joe Lewis

10/78 Official Karate

December 1978

Official Karate

Vol 10, Num 79

Joe Corley

12/78 Official Karate

January 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 80

Allen Steen

01/79 Official Karate

March 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 81

George Minshew

03/79 Official Karate

April 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 82

Herb Lamprecht

04/79 Official Karate

June 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 83

?

06/79 Official Karate

July 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 84

Elvis Presley & Ruben Morales

07/79 Official Karate

September 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 85

Joe Jennings

09/79 Official Karate

October 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 86

Toyotaro Miyazaki

10/79 Official Karate

December 1979

Official Karate

Vol 11, Num 87

Rich Barathy

12/79 Official Karate

January 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 88

Jay Will

01/80 Official Karate

February 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 89

Joe Lewis & Jay Will

02/80 Official Karate

April 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 90

Ik Mu Kang

04/80 Official Karate

May 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 91

Earl Smith

05/80 Official Karate

July 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 92

Bill Wallace

07/80 Official Karate

August 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 93

Jimmie Jones & Ted Love

08/80 Official Karate

October 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 94

Tiger Kim

10/80 Official Karate

November 1980

Official Karate

Vol 12, Num 95

Bill Wallace

11/80 Official Karate

January 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 96

Benny Urquidez

01/81 Official Karate

February 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 97

William Oliver

02/81 Official Karate

April 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 98

Ric Pascetta

04/81 Official Karate

May 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 99

Don Wilson

05/81 Official Karate

July 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 100

Tokey Hill

07/81 Official Karate

August 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 101

Ninja

08/81 Official Karate

October 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 102

Dennis Bootle & Bill Richardson

10/81 Official Karate

November 1981

Official Karate

Vol 13, Num 103

William Oliver

11/81 Official Karate

January 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 104

Teruyuki Higa

01/82 Official Karate

February 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 105

Greg Tearney

02/82 Official Karate

April 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 106

Sam Montgomery

04/82 Official Karate

May 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 107

Cynthia Rothrock

05/82 Official Karate

July 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 108

Glenn Hart

07/82 Official Karate

September 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 109

Paul Vizzio

09/82 Official Karate

November 1982

Official Karate

Vol 14, Num 110

Glenn Wilson

11/82 Official Karate

January 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 111

Jackie Chan

01/83 Official Karate

March 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 112

Blinky Rodriguez & Lilly Rodriguez

03/83 Official Karate

May 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 113

Frank Van Lenten

05/83 Official Karate

July 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 114

Rick Lenchus & Chuck Norris & David Carradine

07/83 Official Karate

September 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 115

Jean Frenette

09/83 Official Karate

October 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 116

Emilio Narvaez

10/83 Official Karate

November 1983

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 117

Ronald Duncan & Ninja

11/83 Official Karate

January 1984

Official Karate

Vol 15, Num 118

Dennis Brown

01/84 Official Karate

February 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 119

Samurai

02/84 Official Karate

April 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 120

Sifu Tat Mau Wong

04/84 Official Karate

May 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 121

Rob Kaman

05/84 Official Karate

July 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 122

Taika Seiyu Oyata & George Dillman

07/84 Official Karate

August 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 123

Shigeru Oyama

08/84 Official Karate

October 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 124

William Cheung & Graciela Casillas & Kichiro Shimabuku

10/84 Official Karate

November 1984

Official Karate

Vol 16, Num 125

Shihan Harry Rosenstein

11/84 Official Karate

January 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 126

C. K. Chu

01/85 Official Karate

February 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 127

Leo Fong & Peter Urban

02/85 Official Karate

April 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 128

Jay Will

04/85 Official Karate

May 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 129

Joe Lewis & Barry Harrell

05/85 Official Karate

June 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 130

Harunaka Hoshino

06/85 Official Karate

August 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 131

Brad Hefton

08/85 Official Karate

September 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 132

Herb Lamprecht

09/85 Official Karate

November 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 133

Sensei Alejandre

11/85 Official Karate

December 1985

Official Karate

Vol 17, Num 134

Ralph Castro & Boss Castro

12/85 Official Karate

January 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 135

Isao Wada

01/86 Official Karate

February 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 136

Dan Ivan

02/86 Official Karate

April 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 137

Byung In Lee

04/86 Official Karate

May 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 138

Andrew Linick

05/86 Official Karate

June 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 139

Tadashi Nakamura

06/86 Official Karate

July 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 140

Fumio Demura

07/86 Official Karate

September 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 141

Steve Anderson & Chad Merriman

09/86 Official Karate

November 1986

Official Karate

Vol 18, Num 142

Shihan Albert O. Geraldi & Gerry Senese

11/86 Official Karate

January 1987

Official Karate

Vol 19, Num 143

Harunaka Hoshino

01/87 Official Karate

April 1990

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 26

Adam Shu & Doc Fai Wong & William Louie

04/90 Official Karate

June 1990

Official Karate

Vol 4, Num 27

Chun Duk Lee

06/90 Official Karate

January 1994

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 1

Jean Claude Van Damme & Joe Lewis

01/94 Official Karate

Spring 1994

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 2

Eric Lee & Jean Frenette

Spring 1994 Official Karate

Summer 1994

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 3

Mark Dacascos

Summer 1994 Official Karate

Fall 1994

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 4

Jean Claude Van Damme

Fall 1994 Official Karate

Spring 1995

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 6

Brandon Lee

Spring 1995 Official Karate

Fall 1995

Official Karate

Vol 2, Num 2

Bruce Lee

Fall 1995 Official Karate

Winter 1995

Official Karate

Vol 1, Num 5

Jean Claude Van Damme

Winter 1995 Official Karate

Spring 2012

Official Karate

 

Jhoon Rhee & Tony Annesi

Spring 2012 Official Karate

Summer 2012

Official Karate

 

Taika Seiyu Oyata

Summer 2012 Official Karate

Fall 2012

Official Karate

 

Joe Lewis & Takayoshi Nagamine

Fall 2012 Official Karate

Spring 2013

Official Karate

 

Don Wilson & Troy Dorsey

Spring 2013 Official Karate

Summer 2013

Official Karate

 

Dennis Bootle & Danny Lane & Richard Morris & Loren Christensen & Mike Sullenberger

Summer 2013 Official Karate

Winter 2013

Official Karate

 

Chuck Merriman

Winter 2013 Official Karate

Summer 2014

Official Karate

 

Ninja Turtles

Summer 2014 Official Karate

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