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I second the suggestion of This is Karate. Very good book, but VERY hard to find.

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I agree. This Is Karate by Mas Oyama is hard to find, but doable. It's price is anywhere from $100 and up depending on whom you buy it from. Amazon, Book Finder, and EBay do have used copies. Rare/Used Book Stores in your area MIGHT have a copy as well.

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The Shotokan Karate Bible: Beginner to Black Belt, an excellent book for the beginner that shows the Kata's for each grade broken down and explained step by step.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shotokan-Karate-Bible-Beginner-Black/dp/0713678704

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The Shotokan Karate Bible: Beginner to Black Belt, an excellent book for the beginner that shows the Kata's for each grade broken down and explained step by step.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shotokan-Karate-Bible-Beginner-Black/dp/0713678704

Is there anything like that for Shudokan? It's the style taught here and I am learning that it's a very small subset with few outside resources.

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The Shotokan Karate Bible: Beginner to Black Belt, an excellent book for the beginner that shows the Kata's for each grade broken down and explained step by step.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shotokan-Karate-Bible-Beginner-Black/dp/0713678704

Is there anything like that for Shudokan? It's the style taught here and I am learning that it's a very small subset with few outside resources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABd%C5%8Dkan

http://www.amazon.com/Shudokan-karate-do-handbook-Requirements-white/dp/B0006S3WYW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287763017&sr=8-1

Interesting but I have never heard of this style until now.

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Here's the Wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABd%C5%8Dkan

I don't know much about how it differs from other styles, as I only started last month, but my sensai trained under Sensai Morris Mack who is mentioned in the Wiki. I gather from comparisons with Youtube videos that some of the katas are different. Kihon Kata Ichi is the same as others but Pinan Nidan is different.

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