Black Belt Magazine

Pros: Great articles, pictures and advertisements
Cons: Some of the techniques could be dangerous if they are practiced without proper training and supervision.

I have been a very active reader of Martial Arts Magazines for about 2 years now. I have read a few different magazines on the subject and enjoyed most of them, but the one that really stands out from the rest is Black Belt magazine. There is no...

Pros: wide variety of articles, nothing too technical
Cons: nothing for women, articles are too short

Blackbelt magazine is a martial arts magazine that comes out once a month. It costs about 4.50 after tax per magazine, however if you get a subscription it is only 2 dollars an issue.

This magazine has articles that covers a broad spectrum of...

Pros: Industry Standard; Good editorials, professional content
Cons: Not enough content; Sometimes "shallow" articles.

I have always, however, been a skeptic of BlackBelt magazine. There are a number of things I take issues with regarding this publications. But I cannot take issue with the fact that this magazine is the standard for all other martial arts magazines....

Pros: Great variety of coverage. Represents lots of different opinions.
Cons: Editor writes too many of the articles. Needs to get more submissions printed.

I have been subscribing to BB and am very happy with it. If you shop around on the internet, you can get a year for about $9, which is far less than ordering it direct from them.
The best part of BB is its coverage of opinions of readers. If you send a letter to the editor, you have a pretty good chance of it being printed. I have had 5 letters printed in the past 7 years.
Sometimes it devotes too much time to products that buy space in its pages, but that can be overlooked with its variety in coverage of different martial arts styles, current trends, movies, personalities and other things.