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http://www.i-clps.com/karate/index.html Cory Searcy's Shotokan webpages have some general info on kata, kumite, some reviews and links, and some very detailed introductory reading for karate beginners. |
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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 7th 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://karatethejapaneseway.com This is an independent site run by Shotokan practitioner Mark Groenewold. It contains karate book reviews, articles, links, info, and an excellent karate discussion forum: Karate Underground. |
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http://www.shotokanmag.com This is the website for Shotokan Magazine, a great quarterly 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.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.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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Various Shotokan Club Websites |
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http://ctr.usf.edu/shotokan/ The University of South Florida Shotokan club website has information on karate history, practice, terminology, karate acronyms, and even how to build a makiwara (striking post). |
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http://www.iskf-alaska.net/ The Alaska Shotokan Karate site has some general karate info plus local events and dojo information. |
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http://www.iskf-alberta.org/ The ISKF Alberta site has a good bit of karate info plus local events and dojo information. |
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http://www.iskfmountainstates.com/ This is the ISKF Mountain States website, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It contains some general karate information plus specific club and region events and information. |
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http://www.jkasm.com/ The JKA Santa Monica is a club headed by Sensei Field, 7th dan, who has visited to instruct at Penn State on multiple occasions. The website has dojo information plus general karate info. |
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http://www.jkasv.com/ The JKA of Silicon Valley. This site has club info, plus a wide variety of articles on many Shotokan karate related topics. |
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http://www.lycoming.edu/orgs/karate/ Our friends at Lycoming College SKC. |
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http://www.muskc.co.uk/ This is the Manchester University SKC website. It has some basic info on karate and local events. |
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http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/buskc/ Our friends at Bucknell University SKC. |
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http://www.shotokan-arts.com/katavid.htm This is a link to the karate kata videos on the Lorain Martial Arts website. There are "modern" and "classic" versions of most kata, and the "modern" versions cover all 26 Shotokan kata that we practice in the ISKF. |
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http://wlakarate.com/resources.html#articles This is the site of West Los Angeles karate school with some links and references to other karate material such as kata diagrams, videos, and articles. |
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http://www.wwskc.com/ A good ISKF karate resource, and home page of Western Washington SKC headed by Sensei Cline, 7th dan (another favorite PSU guest instructor). The website has FAQs, general karate info, links, and lists ISKF events in the region. |
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Shotokan Organization Websites |
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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.ska.org/ This is the official website of Shotokan Karate of America. They are another traditional karate organization, headed by Tsutomu Ohshima, which some of our members, including our faculty advisor, have trained with before. The site has historical information, instructor biographies, a club directory, and other organizational information. |