Great Journey of Karate 4 (4 DVD Set) with Tatsuya Naka (Preowned)

It has been almost 100 years since Gichin Funakoshi introduced Okinawan karate to mainland Japan. What has been lost and what has been born in that time?

Shouldn't the model be changed? Has Okinawan karate lost its essence in mainland Japan? What do Chinese martial arts and Shotokan have in common?

Competitive Karate, Shotokan, Okinawa Karate, Chinese martial arts, Kata and Kumite, the techniques of Funakoshi Gichin, and the influence of Japanese swordsmanship and jujutsu.

Filmed on location in Okinawa and China and with in -depth interviews

A four-hour journey to unravel the mystery. The future and the past become one.

Disc 1
Gichin Funakoshi and the Japan Karate Association
Okinawa Karate and Shotokan
Languages of Okinawa
Commentary by Tatsuya Naka
Research on Idori

Disc 2
Interview with Tatsuya Naka
Chinese Martial Arts and Shotokan
Interaction with White Crane Fist

Disc 3
You can do it too
Okinawa Karate: Our Great Journey for the New Generation
Type Special Seisan Zion
Director Nishi is defeated by the wonderful world of martial arts

Disc 4
Hakkyoku-quan and Karate Master
Taka Ishibashi's Experience
White Belt World
Okinawa Karate Roundtable Discussion
Chinese martial arts and Goju-ryu

Language: Japanese

Length: 8 hours on 4 DVDs

Publication date: 2019