Shotokan Karate-do

[sensei8]

Came across this video...

Hope you enjoyed it!!

[Harkon72]

Thanks for Sharing Sensei, that's one of the best Videos of Karatedo on the Net.

[sensei8]

Thanks for Sharing Sensei, that's one of the best Videos of Karatedo on the Net.

Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. It oozed effective traditions, imho.

[Nidan Melbourne]

That was awesome!!!

[Zaine]

Awesome video. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go on a karate youtube binge now.

[sensei8]

Awesome video. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go on a karate youtube binge now.

[wagnerk]

Great clips of karate, shows a lot of moves that are in the kata's but (in some clubs and associations) aren't being taught.

I don't believe that all of video is purely Shotokan though due to the patches on the Gi's, think that is are some Wado practitioners in there too.

[Club quotNAHAquot K]

That was a great video! Thank you for sharing!

[Shizentai]

Great clips of karate, shows a lot of moves that are in the kata's but (in some clubs and associations) aren't being taught.

I don't believe that all of video is purely Shotokan though due to the patches on the Gi's, think that is are some Wado practitioners in there too.

I don't know the Americans, but the Japanese instructors I could see clearly were:

Kanazawa, Yahara, Naka, Osaka, Kagawa, Enoeda (RIP), more Naka, Demura, Kobayashi, Taniyama, Nakayama (RIP), Funakoshi (RIP), and even more Naka...

Demura is shitoryu, but had close ties with several shotokan groups.(Maybe that's why he is there?) Either way, he is an awesome karateka. You'll remember him from doing stunts for Pat Morita in the Karate Kid movies.

Everyone else in this list is shotokan and is either formerly or currently in the Japan Karate Association, although some of the breaking practitioners in the beginning I couldn't see or ID clearly.

Great video! Thank you for sharing!

[SPX]

Really nice vid. I like how the music fits in with the footage.

I'll see your vid and raise you one. This one also has perfect music I think, and it even uses some of the footage. In fact, this video right here is one of the main things that got me interested in Shotokan in the first place. It all just looked so cool.