Funakoshi's Shotokan Karate-Do, Volume One

Funakoshi's Shotokan Karate-Do, Volume One


Starring:SEMINO, TORRE BALZARRO
Director: SPARTECO BERTOLETTI
Studio: RISING SUN PRODUCTIONS
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
APPROX 48 minutes Full Color. Featuring three of the worlds top Shotokan Instructors you will be able to learn the following katas from beginning to end and everything in between.

Sensei's Balzarro, Semino, and Torre are three of the best and they will show you all the bunkai for the below mentioned katas as well as they will perform the kata at learning tempo and at full speed. You will also be shown the exact embusan of the kata in an easy to follow chart for each of the kata. You will be aBruce Leee to learn everything there is to know about the following forms: HEIAN SHODAN, HEIAN NIDAN, JION, EMPI, HEIAN SANDAN, HEIANA YONDAN, JITTE, HEIAN GODAN and much more.
Funakoshi's Shotokan Karate-Do, Volume One
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great instructional techniques, mediocre dvd
  • ^_^
 Funakoshi's Shotokan Karate-Do, Volume One
Starring: SEMINO, TORRE BALZARRO
Director: SPARTECO BERTOLETTI
Manufacturer: RISING SUN PRODUCTIONS
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00011HJ1G
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Description

APPROX 48 minutes Full Color. Featuring three of the worlds top Shotokan Instructors you will be able to learn the following katas from beginning to end and everything in between.

Sensei's Balzarro, Semino, and Torre are three of the best and they will show you all the bunkai for the below mentioned katas as well as they will perform the kata at learning tempo and at full speed. You will also be shown the exact embusan of the kata in an easy to follow chart for each of the kata. You will be aBruce Leee to learn everything there is to know about the following forms: HEIAN SHODAN, HEIAN NIDAN, JION, EMPI, HEIAN SANDAN, HEIANA YONDAN, JITTE, HEIAN GODAN and much more.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great instructional techniques, mediocre dvd.......2004-09-22

I own a few of the Funakoshi videos and wholeheartedly agree that the kata demonstrations are practically awe-inspiring. I really like the way the kata is first demonstrated slowly, then at normal speed, then slowed down again. If you want to learn the "traditional" shotokan kata, these videos are the source.

With that being said, I would not encourage purchase of the DVD over the Tape version. The DVD is simply a "tape to DVD" copy, in which there are no chapters, menus, or anything else. It's simply a straight copy. What this means is that if you are using the dvd to learn a specific kata--which you likely will be, it's extremely difficult to save a certain spot on the video for repeating, practice later, etc.

Other than that the video quality is fairly good--in fact excellent as compared to many other MA videos. My only gripe is with the lack of any menuing system on the DVD version. Next set will definitely be the tapes.

5 out of 5 stars ^_^.......2004-01-09

I own the whole Shotokan series, and I can say it is really worth the buy, even if you don't practice in Shotokan, it is still excellent.

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