Keith Vargo
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Jul 29, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Black Belt Magazine
- Top 5M sites
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- Jul 20, 2026
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Violence and the Human Condition: The Psychology of Conflict for Martial Artists (opens the original)
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“I think everybody likes to fight. At a certain age, most people find out it’s not for them, so they choose something else. But deep in their heart, every guy likes to fight.” —Bas Rutten, Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Dealing with violence is a large part of what the martial arts are about. On the most basic level, they’re about physically responding to violence. But to do that, we learn more than just punches and kicks. We learn about the nature of violent confrontations. We look into how they
Fighting the Impossible: How Modern Medicine Changed Martial Arts Forever (opens the original)
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In April 2012, DREAM bantamweight champ Kenji Osawa posted a remarkable picture on his blog. He’d suffered a bad break below the knee in 2011 and had a bunch of metal put in to help the bone heal. In April, he finally had it all taken out. The picture was of the shin-length metal rod and the bolts that held it in place. I guess the point was to show what it takes to heal a bad injury. But looking at that pile of metal beside his limb made me think how grim an injury like that would have been bef
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