Advanced Shotokan Karate Katas Book 1: Bassai Dai - Softcover

Weenen, John Van

9780905095028: Advanced Shotokan Karate Katas Book 1: Bassai Dai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0905095022 ISBN 13: 9780905095028

Publisher: Imprint unknown, 1983

Intended for both instructor and pupil alike, Advanced Shotokan Karate Kata Vol. 1 explains in great detail the following traditional Kata: Bassai-Dai, Chinte, Jion, Jitte, Tekki Shodan, Tekki Nidan and Tekki Sandan. Although written in 1983, it is even more relevant today than ever before. A classic work.

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About the Author:

John van Weenen was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1941, and in 1963 he emigrated to Australia, where he first became involved in the Martial Art of Karate. He returned to England in 1966, where he established the first Karate Club in North London. People came from all over the capital to his Dojo in Enfield to learn this new and mysterious art. In 1967, John and two fellow students crossed Germany, Poland and Russia and finally arrived at Yokohama in Japan. The training sessions at the JKA headquarters in Tokyo were at worst, as he recalls, severe, and at best, inhospitable. In retrospect, they were priceless. The following year he returned to the UK, and so began life as a professional Karate instructor. In the 42 years since, John has taught Karate-do to tens of thousands of people and many of today's national Chief Instructors, began their Karate training at one of his Dojo's.

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