Shotokan Karate Kumite by Hirokazu Kanazawa (On Demand)

Grandmaster Hirokazu Kanazawa was born in Iwate, Japan 1931. In his early years he was already interested in different martial arts. As a student at Takushoku University, he became the disciple of Masatoshi Nakayama and the founder of Shotokan Karate, Gichin Funakoshi. Since then he has been performing Shotokan Karate and holds Karate-Do seminars all over the world. In 1978 Kancho Kanazawa founded the world association SKIF (Shotokan Karate International Federation). In 2002, he received the 10th Dan of Shotokan Karate.

Learn the martial arts techniques (Kumite) of Shotokan Karate on this film! In the beginning you see performances from Hirokazu Kanazawa and his learners. Afterwards the Grandmaster shows gohon Kumite, Sanbon Kumite, Kihon Ippon Kumite, Jiyu Ippon Kumite, practice methods and self defense techniques.

The techniques are presented in a very comprehensive way from different angles. The Partner techniques are performed by Hirokazu Kanazawa, Nagai Shihan 8th Dan, and Kawasoe Shihan 7th Dan, and different members of Kanazawa Shotokan Kokusai Karate-Do Austria.