Shotokan Karate Vol. II

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SHOTOKAN KARATE SERIES
The most authoritative training films ever made on Shotokan Karate. These videos feature Master Masatoshi Nakayama, the Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Association and the top instructors of the JKA in the 1960s including Kanazawa, Enoeda, Nishyama, Okazaki, Ueki, Mikami, Shirai, Shoji, Kase and others. These particular videos are extremely valuable as a reference point for those practicing traditional Shotokan karate. You will see first hand how and why the JKA developed such awesome power in their techniques. These tapes are exceptionally clear and show everything from warm up drills and basics to advanced kata.

Tape II (YVS-19) Kata and Applications - Tekki 1-3, Empi, Jutte, Chinte, Jion, Bassai Dai & Sho, Gankaku, Hangetsu, Kanku Dai & Sho, Sochin, Nijushiho, Unsu.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome!!!.......2007-02-08

I was totally awed to be able to see these famous shotokan masters. It is truly a beautiful artform. I have really learned alot. I highly recommend this dvd!

Priceless.......2004-09-30

Th rare historical footage on this DVD is priceless. These are the famous and now deceased shotokan masters demonstrating their art as it should be done. I appreciate the opportunity to own such rare footage even though it was originally shot on 8mm film, which was the technology available at the time of filming,I found the content worth viewing. I was able to learn much from the footage and own all three volumes.

DVD unwatchable.......2004-02-13

This was a home produced DVD with stuck on label. It wouldn't play in either my computer's DVD drive or my home DVD player. Useless. But as I live in the UK the cost of return to the US is prohibitive. Keep your cash in your pocket and learn from my bad experience.

of historical interest only.......2003-05-17

i have come across this dvd before in a martial arts webstore. unfortunately there have been no reviews on the product to help me decide whether to purchase it or not. after going through the dvd in a little less than an hour, the only high point of this grainy, black and white dvd is the opportunity to see gichin funakoshi, as well as masatoshi nakayama and other senior karate senseis go through various techniques briefly. it was clearly intended to explain karate to those who do not know what karate is, and not to those who are interested in further instruction. sensei nakayama's dynamic karate, or master funakoshi's karatedo kyohan would be a much more useeful investment. if you already have both and a member of a good dojo, you can pass on this one.

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