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Sensei Willy J. Ortiz, a 6th degree black belt, began his love of Shotokan Karate at an early age. Some of his former teachers were Nakayama, Okazaki, Mori, Kaze, Mikami, Kanazawa, Enoeda, Otsuka and Yamaguchi. Throughout this book Ortiz you will find an...

Author Tonny Tulleners covers bowing, blocks, punches and kicks, which are fundamental to all martial arts and can be applied to any style. Tulleners was the 1965 middleweight International Karate Champion and is known to have defeated Chuck Norris in a...

To-Te Jitsu by Gichin Funakoshi was originally published in Japanese, just as Karate was being introduced to Japan from Okinawa.  Masters Publication was first to translate this original Japanese work into English.  This book gives the reader...

COMING SOON!  Published in 1958 Karate Do Nishigetsusha or Karate Do Kyohan was published the year after the master passed away. The photos inside this original text are of Shigeru Egami who was direct student of the founder Gichin Funakoshi...

COMING SOON!  Written in 1956 Karate Do Ichiro written by the master was just before he passed away April 26th 1957 at 88 years of age. This book is again mostly text but it is evident that the high kicking and spectacular side of karate was...

COMING SOON!  Written in 1951 Josho Karate Do Introduction to Karate Revised Expansion just after Japan had come out of WW2 this book includes many great action photos that were included and this came out just after the ban on all Martial Arts...

COMING SOON!   Written in 1943 Karate Do Nyumon or and Introduction to the World of Karate by the founder of Japanese Karate Gichin Funakoshi. It has a great deal of writing in it and has been translated before but not by Ayano Shimada who is...

NOW AVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING  Written in 1941 Dai-Nihon Karate do Ama no Kata" Heavenly Kata and Photo Gallery. This is an almost lost kata created by both Gichin and Gigo Funakoshi. Although it is very basic kata this Heavenly kata it is an...

Coming Soon! Written in 1941 Karate Do Kyohan #2 this book of Funakoshi's was reprinted from the 1935 text but the quality of the photo's is much improved. But is in essence the same written information as Karate-Do Kyohan as karate was starting to...

COMING SOON This once in a life time opportunity to read the masters words is a very rare opportunity. You are helping to preserve the history of Japanese Karate and at the same time bring the words of the founder to readers in 7 different languages...

This book is devoted to the fundamentals of Shotokan kumite. Through excellent photos, Hirokazu Kanazawa shows you exactly how to perform kumite, for all levels, up to and including black belt. Several examples are shown for each type of kumite, with a...

Shotokan International Kata Vol 2 - Kanazawa with with photos

Volume 1 Shotokan International Kata with photos

Some of the authors former teachers were Nakayama, Okazaki, Mori, Kaze, Mikami, Kanazawa, Enoeda, Otsuka and Yamaguchi. Throughout this book you will find an impressive series of facts, names, dates, and anecdotes written by legends, including a...

Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata Unsu which is a combination of 15 different Shotokan katas here in one kata. Foreward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional photography...

Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata's NijuShisho and Chinte. These two forms express the true soul of Shotokan karate. Foreward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional...

Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata's NijuShisho and Chinte. These two forms express the true soul of Shotokan karate. Foreward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional...

Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata's Sochin and Wankan. Forward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional photography and as well an overhead camera make learning this form...