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 III (YVS-20) Kumite at the famed JKA headquarters. Shotokan History and Self-Defense demonstrated by Nakayama sensei.