Basic Karate Strikes on the Focus Pads

Really basic karate moves, without the snap back on many of them. Striking pads, bags and shields is an important part of karate practice.

Tekki Shodan Shotokan

Tekki Shodan, performed by Ohta Sensei JKA
"Training in Kata is spiritual as well as physical. In his performance of the Kata, the Karateka exhibits humility, gentleness and a sense of decorum no less than boldness and confidence, thereby integrating mind and body through a singularly unique dicipline".

Learn Karate - Reverse Punch

Here's a great video showing gyakuzuki (reverse punch), one of shotokan karate's trademark karate moves.This short karate Kumite (sparring) clip, is from the JKA (Japan Karate Association) All Japan Championships (1985).

Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan

The awesome Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th dan. One of the best karate masters ever!

If you are just starting to learn karate a home, this is the master to follow, awesome karate and a gentleman. Ossu

Karate kata bassai dai

Bassai dai, an intermediate brown belt kata, used by many shotokan karateka, to not only grade through the brown belt ranks, but also used for shodan (1st dan) grading exams.

The shotokan bassai contains many unique turns and karate moves, and to done correctly, require tremendous agility ad skill.

Watching the likes of the great shotokan masters, like Sensei Enoeda, kanazawa, Yahara, Osaka, etc, it soon becomes clear, when you yourself try to replicate their kata, how skillful and precise these masters are. Well, just mentioning these great masters, inspires me to get practicing.

Ossu
Linden
Free Shotokan Bassai Dai PDF Download

Karate kihon kata

The shotokan kihon kata is shown in the first few weeks of someones karate classes. The shotokan kata video blow, is just a slide show, here is a kihon kata PDF

Karate For Beginners