Best Karate, Vol.11: Gojushiho Dai, Gojushiho Sho, Meikyo

By Masatoshi Nakayama

Book Overview

The three advanced kata in this book are a challenge to the performer's level of maturity. From the smooth and flowing movements of Gojushiho Dai through the transformations in the equally long Gojushiho Sho to the serene and mellow Meikyo kata, both the techniques learned in the basic kata and more sophisticated tactics call on the deepest reserves of balance, coordination, timing and technical skill.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870117580
• ISBN13: 9780870117589
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

A great guide for advanced Shotokan Karate students.

The late Masatoshi Nakayama wrote these "Best Karate" series so that all Shotokan students could better understand the role kata played in the art. This volume includes three advanced black belt katas. They include Gojushio Dai, Gojushio Sho and Meikyo. In the Shotokan curriculum these katas are usually not learned until the student has many years of practice. They are challenging katas even for advanced students. Like all the books in this series, the photographs are clear and the techniques shown are done by advanced black belts. It should be emphasized, that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to learn how to perform these katas from the book alone. The value of this book can be best appreciated when it is used in conjunction with actual practice with a Shotokan instructor. Rating: 4 Stars. Very good book. Joseph J. Truncale (Bushi Satori Ryu-Author: Samurai Aerobics, Wakizashi Jutsu)

The best book in the field of Shotokan Karate

I think that the BEST KARATE series constitute a very important aid for the correct performance of the Kata to the Shotokan Karateka. They go through all techniques in detail with explicite photos and they give in parallel the name in japanese, fact which is helpfull to the serious reader in order to understand how to perform them correctly. This series should be purchased by every karateka who wants to work seriously in the field of Karate do.