25 Shoto-Kan Kata

By Shojiro Sugiyama

What is Kata? A kata is a series of defensive and offensive moves against imaginary attacks from different directions. Also, a kata includes many moves for physical exercise and for connection to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096690480X
• ISBN13: 9780966904802
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Shojiro Sugiyama
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive and useful

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.

Better than Masotoshi Nakayama Kata books

excellent book.for any Shotokan Deshi(student) to a Soke(Grand Master). It can be used as a reference or a get-to-learn-your-katas book!The book also has tips on powering up your Ki(internal force).Also the book has the human animation instead of pictures. it shows u directons with arrows and how fast u should do them.it even tells how many seconds to focus after every step. It never gets complicated either. Forget Nakayama (with all due respect) this book will blow the cover off of any Kata teching book. Please buy this book if you are serious about learning Katas.

THIS is the "master text" on kata.

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! ;-)

The best value Shotokan Kata Book hands down!

Sugiyama Sensei has painstakingly crafted this step by step kata book for over 15 years, and I am aware of at least three iterations as he has refined it over the years. He worked closely with both top JKA international instructors and his own blackbelt students to ensure that each move in each kata is accurate. This is no mean feat considering the myriad of details in even the simplest kata and the variations found from club to club and instructor to instructor! In addition the text is written in English, Japanese and Spanish! The result is a kata book that is comprehensive, including key graphic information on direction and timing of each move, as well as important details such as hip rotation or hand or foot placement. I have seen instructors refer to it on the dojo floor for details of a particular move in an advanced kata as well as beginners use it as the first step to learning a new kata. Although there are several other good kata books available, you are not going to find one that comes close to this single volume in value for the price!Now Sensei... if you would please write a companion text showing some applications for each of the kata!David Kaneda JKA Blackbelt

A Kata book above the rest

Exacting detail, easy to understand, a must have for anyone who is serious about Shotokan kata. Your search is over. You aren't going to find a better quality or quantity kata book especially for this price.