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Summary: THIS is the "master text" on kata.
Review: This is the best book on kata ever done. It will become the class kata reference for Shotokan because it simply outshines the competition as a reference book. This is a book you NEVER see offered second-hand on Ebay! ;-)
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Summary: Comprehensive and useful
Review: This kata manual has taken me through blackbelt. The illustrations show the moves, the timing line shows the speed and focus of each move. The number of kata represented, 25, makes this an excellent value. WHat may put some readers off is the use of japanese terms for various moves, but I find it fun to know. Also helpful is the translation to spanish.
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Summary: Review by a Shotokan Shodan(1st degree Black belt)
Review: You know that in Karate there are 3 K's;Kata,Kihon, and Kumite. Well, for the Kata part this book will fullfill every aspect of the kata branch of Karate. The Price is excellent, ...Also, this book is revised so all body parts and facial expressions can be completely seen. It explains every kata's timing,speed, and in depth meanings of techniques.It even shows the techniques use against an apponent or a weapon,and if you dont understand the pictures you have the text to back you up,it even has a full dictionary of terms in the back. Thanks to Shihan Hideteka Nishiyama(9th Dan) the kata is not variable from the ones Soke Gichin Funakoshi used to practice. Nishiyama being a direct student of Funakoshi,but so was Nakayama; however that book is not comparable to this one.
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