Free Shotokan Kata Book

[dancingalone]

I'm posting it in this forum, because any Shotokan people likely already know about Rob Redmond's site.

Anyway, his book is now freely downloadable in pdf format. http://www.24fightingchickens.com/kata/

This might be useful to any TKDist who still performs the old karate forms such as the Pyung Ahns or Balsek. Or you might just have idle curiosity.

I actually bought a physical copy of the book when it first came out. It's worth a few readings if you practice the Shotokan kata and you want to get a Shotokan stylist's thoughts on how to technically perform the patterns. Caveat: Rob Redmond isn't a bunkai enthusiast so you won't applications in his book.

 

[ATC]

That bicycle story had me rolling.

 

[K-man]

Haven't had time to read all the way but a quick flick shows a really interesting read. Although it is predominantly Shotokan, for obvious reasons, it is relevant to any other style too. Thanks for the post, really good stuff.