Kanazawa Hirokazu. Shotokan Karate International Kumite Kyohan

Kodansha Ltd., 1989. — 188 p. — ISBN: 0-87011-872-2. Ashihara has done a good job in marrying Japanese hard style karate with boxing. This sequel to Fighting Karate is a great reference book on the Ashihara style. Well laid out with great photographs and clean writing, it gives the reader a catalog of techniques, with a detailed explanation of each technique and its practical...

Tokyo: Sugawara Martial Arts Institute, Inc., 1991. — 173 p. Morio Higaonna 10th Dan Okinawa Goju-Ryu, Chief Instructor of IOGKF ( International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-Do Federation). Traditional Karate-Do Okinawa Goju Ryu: Applications of the Kata, Part 2. The Six thousand photos, taken with a motor driven camera, show you the secret of Higaonna Karate The Applications of...

Ikeda Shoten Co, 1991. — 278 p. — ISBN: 4-262-16851-4. Shotokan featuring kata and kumite by the world famous shotokan master Hirokazu Kanazawa, chief instructor of SKIF, Shotokan Karate International Federation. Excellent photographic images showing detailed sequences of kata and kumite provide a superb reference for students and instructors alike. Shotokan Karate...

Tokyo: Ikeda Shoten Co, 1982. — 304 p. — ISBN: 4-262-16852-2. Complete photo breakdown of all the Shotokan Katas, including brief Bunkai. Essential kata manuals. No text, just the katas illustrated in photographic series. Symbols indicate kiais, etc. You need both volumes for all 26 katas.

Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. — 200 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4629-1709-9. Master the techniques and warrior spirit of karate with this illustrated martial arts guide. The true essence of karate-do is integrated training of the body, mind, and spirit to fully achieve human potential. Karate: Technique and Spirit describes in detail all the steps necessary...

Tokyo: Tutle Publishing, 1998. — 251 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4629-0248-4. Shoshin Nagamine was the last of the legendary pre-war karate masters and a well-known disciple of peaceful non-violence. His classic work, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do, documents eighteen of the Okinawan karate kata and seven partner exercises (kumite), as well as a number of basic techniques, transmitting...