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A blast from the past - a few clips from the 1997 Shotokan Open - features demonstrations by Dave Hazard - Elwyn Hall and Craig Ray, as well as some fiery kumite clips.
There is a place for a 'sport' oriented karate, and there are some excellent athletes, as well as top class fighters in the 'sport'.
Enoeda - mention his name in any group of karate-ka, irrespective of style, and everyone will listen, such is the influence he had on the world of karate.
A little nostalgia from our archive - the KUGB 1986 Championships held at Crystal Palace - almost 2 hours of edited highlights from the evening, finals.
We hold what is probably the largest archive of pre-1990 traditional Shotokan competition footage; film and video - holding full copyright to this material.
25+ years ago, Glasgow and the EKU World Championships - featured some of the finest fighters in the world.
There are those who view kata as something from the past that has to be practised in order to pass their grades.
Clips from our film archive that show such famed fighters as Enoeda sensei, Andy Sherry, Terry O'Neil,.
More clips from our archive, this time featuring footage from the 1984 IAKF Championship held in Dublin.
Enoeda - The Tiger of Shotokan: no better description could be more fitting than this, and yet Enoeda was a gentle man in his everyday life, and a valued friend to many.
Funakoshi Invitational Cup - The setting - Bucharest 2001 -- an international Shotokan event featuring some of Europe's finest fighters.
These short clips are from the 1970s and 80s, recorded before the 'health and safety' regulations vitiated the art.
Historical archive of JKA style Shotokan karate, clips from the 80's - before the concerns for health and safety reduced the art to a sport.
These clips are from the Enoeda Master Text DVDs - five discs that cover everything from basics - kata and kihon - through to JKA black belt standard.
Randy William, another example of a strong and agressive fighter, and yet a nice guy in everyday life.
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