Wado Ryu Karate by Hironori Otsuka

Wado Ryu Karate by Hironori Otsuka Written by the founder of Wado Ryu Karate, Hironori Otsuka, this book is an exact translation from the master's text, which was written in 1977.

What can I say, this is certainly a collectors item and a book I feel very lucky to possess. It includes photographs of the Founder performing basic's and Kata accompanied by detailed descriptions. It also includes Master Otsuka's thoughts on many different aspects of Karate, an important section in trying to understand the man behind Wado Ryu.

The book contains the following sections:

Analects of the Instructor

Techniques

Classification of Fist Styles	Classification of Stance Styles
Classification of Shuto Styles	Classification of Punching Styles
Classification of Kicking Styles	Classification of Defending Styles

Kata

About Kata

Pin-an Shodan	Kushan-Ku
Pin-an Nidan	Naihanchi
Pin-an Sandan	Sei-Shan
Pin-an Yodan	Chinto
Pin-an Godan

Although on reading and examining this work, you will undoutably find discrepancies with other literature and possibly even your own Sensei, don't discredit this since Master Otsuka realised that everyone is different and brings some personnel interpretation to their Karate.

This is a book for serious Wado practitioners everywhere.

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Published by Masters Publication (Hamilton - Ontario - Canada).

ISBN 0 920129 18 8

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Last Updated 16 January 1999 by Mark Thomas