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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...

Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata Goju Shi Ho (Dai). Foreward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional photography and as well an overhead camera make learning this form...

Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata Goju Shi Ho (Dai). Foreward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional photography and as well an overhead camera make learning this form...

A Foreign Invasion … An Unarmed Nation … The Mystery of a Martial Arts Solved … Shotokan’s Secret Karate was invented by the world’s only unarmed bodyguards to protect the world’s only unarmed king…against...

This wonderful book, written by Shotokan master and instructor Cezar Borkowski, demonstrates the intricacies of beginner to advanced katas. Borkowski, a world class competitor, demonstrates each form personally. An absolute must for those studying...

SHOTOKAN (松濤館Shōtōkan) KARATE is developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son, Yoshitaka (Gigo) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Funakoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan, and is very widely...

Written by Hidetaka Nishiyama, Richard Kim and Don Warrener, this is an amazing book about Traditional Japanese Karate technical excellence.  Filled with rare photos, facts on biomechanics, basics, kata, and so much more.  Guaranteed to improve...

Beginners Guide to Shotokan Karate.  Shotokan is with out a doubt the most popular style of Traditional Japanese Karate in the world today.  With over 336 pages, chock full of information and in its tenth printing.  Taught by Master...

The Masters Speak is a compiliation of interviews with some of the most famous Martial Artists, dead or alive.  Included are Yagi Meitatsu, Gozo Shiodo, Richard Kim, Gogen Yamaguchi, Shoshin Nagamine and many, many more.

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...