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This DVD features rare documentary footage of Sensei Gichin Funakoshi, considered the father of modern karate and the originator of the Shotokan style.
The film, shot c.1924, shows Funakoshi demonstrating the Tekki 1, 2, and 3 katas as well as the Meikyo kata.
Filmed on location at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, at the Keio Karate bu (Karate Club of Keio), the first university to adopt Karate into its physical education curriculum. The footage also includes training of university students and summer training camps (Shochu Keiko) at the beach. See more in Combat Sports > Books & Media and related study material like Beginner Tai Chi Chuan Book Vincent Chu Taoist Philosophy Holistic Health.
Brand: Rising Sun.