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.
The KUGB - in our view - has always followed the traditional method of karate, and remains committed to these values.
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.
A little nostalgia from our archive - the KUGB 1986 Championships held at Crystal Palace - almost 2 hours of edited highlights from the evening, finals.
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.
Clips from our film archive that show such famed fighters as Enoeda sensei, Andy Sherry, Terry O'Neil,.
Elwyn Hall takes traditional, basic dojo techniques onto the street.
There are those who view kata as something from the past that has to be practised in order to pass their grades.
John Mullin still trains five mornings a week, as well as teaching at his Staten Island dojo, and conducting seminars in various parts of the world,
These short clips are from the 1970s and 80s, recorded before the 'health and safety' regulations vitiated the art.
Some well known faces here, but Shotokan not represented. However, both kumite and kata standard was high.
Funakoshi Invitational Cup - The setting - Bucharest 2001 -- an international Shotokan event featuring some of Europe's finest fighters.
We hold what is probably the largest archive of pre-1990 traditional Shotokan competition footage; film and video - holding full copyright to this material.
Randy William, another example of a strong and agressive fighter, and yet a nice guy in everyday life.
Another clip from our archive, celebrating the life of Enoeda sensei as March 29th 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of Sensei's death - although he's no longer with us, his memory lives on..
Sensei Steve Borkowsky has a wealth of experience and a rich history in competition karate.
A selection of programmes that are available from Legend Productions. The full list is available to view on our website, and includes over 50 titles.
VOLUME 1 in this set of 3 DVD's demonstrating the fundamental techniques and applying the movements for competition and combat.
Brilliant read, the research by Dr, Clive Layton is not just epic, but also interesting - rare for a semi documentary work.