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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotokan_karate The Wikipedia page for Shotokan Karate. This entry has a good overview of karate training and history, with plenty of embedded links to more detailed information about terminology, karate's founders, and training practices. |
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http://www.theshotokanway.com/ The Shotokan Way is a regularly updated Shotokan resource site with articles, beginner diaries, instructor journals, reviews, forums, instructor profiles, and lots of other cool stuff. |
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http://www.youtube.com/user/SantaBarbaraJKA#p/u This is a link to the JKA karate kata videos on YouTube. The playlist covers all 26 Shotokan kata that we practice in the ISKF. |
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http://www.jkasv.com/ The JKA of Silicon Valley. This site has a wide variety of articles on many Shotokan karate related topics. |
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http://www.iainabernethy.com/ This is a website run by Iain Abernethy, and is a very interesting resource for articles and information particularly related to practical self defense. The articles are written in a no-nonsense fashion and cover topics such as street application of kata and guidelines for practical kata bunkai. A newsletter, blog, books, and DVDs are also offered. |
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http://www.iskf.com This is the official website of the International Shotokan Karate Federation, the organization to which we belong. The site has information about events like tournaments and camps, an ISKF club directory, and an online store where you can purchase books, videos, gis, etc. It also links to various editions of ISKF Spotlight, the organization newsletter. |
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http://www.shotokanmag.com This is the website for Shotokan Magazine, the premier publication on all things Shotokan, published in Great Britain. Info on the magazine, online subscription ordering, and some various Shotokan related information can be found here. |
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http://www.ingber.com/ This site has a lot of information in the form of the personal correspondences and publications of Lester Ingber, a Shotokan 8th dan. It is somewhat difficult to navigate, but the discussions range anywhere from karate physics to the value of training with kata. |
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http://www.lycoming.edu/orgs/karate/ Our friends at Lycoming College SKC. |
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http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/buskc/ Our friends at Bucknell University SKC. |
Here is a list of karate related books that might be of interest to club members:
Karate Philosophy / General Topics
- Karate-Do: My Way of Life, by Gichin Funakoshi
- Perfection of Character: Guiding Principles for the Martial Arts & Everyday Life, by Teruyuki Okazaki
- The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master, by Gichin Funakoshi, Jotaro Takagi, and John Teramoto
- Moving Zen: One Man's Journey to the Heart of Karate, by C.W. Nicol
- Karate Masters Vol I, Vol II, and Vol III, by Jose Fraguas
- The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi
- Keinosuke Enoeda: Tiger of Shotokan Karate, by Rod Butler
- The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
Technical and Comprehensive
- Dynamic Karate, by Masatoshi Nakayama
- Notes on Training, by Tsutomu Ohshima
- Best Karate Vol I, and Vol II, by Masatoshi Nakayama
- Karate-do Kyohan, by Gichin Funakoshi
- Karate-do Nyumon, by Gichin Funakoshi
- Karate the Japanese Way, by Mark Groenewold
Kumite
- Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite, by Hirokazu Kanazawa
- Best Karate Vol 3, and Vol 4, by Masatoshi Nakayama
Kata
- Best Karate Vol 5: Heian, Tekki, by Masatoshi Nakayama
- Best Karate Vol 6, Vol 7, Vol 8, Vol 9, Vol 10, Vol 11, by Masatoshi Nakayama
- 25 Shotokan Kata, by Shojiro Sugiyama
- Kata: The Folk Dances of Shotokan, by Rob Redmond
- Karate: The Complete Kata, by Hirokazu Kanazawa
- Karate Kata Applications, by Aidan Trimble and Vince Morris
Videos
- Applied Karate Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, by Dave Hazard and Aidan Trimble
- The Art and Science of Traditional Shotokan Karate-do Mechanics #1, Mechanics #2, Mechanics #3, by Ray Dalke
- Mastering Karate, by Hirokazu Kanazawa
- Masterclass Shotokan, by Teruyuki Okazaki
- ISKF Karate Championships (Vol 1-4)
- Karate-do the Documentary