Shotokan Karate by Tom Muzila - Volume 4 - VHS

Okinawan grandmaster Gichin Funakoshi founded and introduced shotokan karate to Japan in the early 1920s. Consisting of hand and leg drills that help to build powerful self-defense techniques, Funakoshi sensei — a scholar and spiritual man later incorporated the character-building traits of honor, dignity, humility, courage and the desire for exemplary personal conduct into this Okinawan combat art. One of the world's leading contemporary disciples of Funakoshi's shotokan karate is Tsutomu Ohshima sensei, whose head- quarters are located in Southern California. In this five-part series, Tom Muzila a pupil of Onshima presents the techniques, forms and strategies which make shotokan karate such an effective combat art. Already well-known for his incredible physical/mental stamina and endurance records, Muzila is a former Green Beret, a writer and actor who has over 30 years of experience as a martial arts instructor. His current role as an instructor/ advisor to law-enforce-ment officers and the military in tactics, weapons and defense - including his previous work as a bodyguard — further qualifies Muzila as the ideal instructor of this superior instructional video series. In this volume, Muzila covers three-time engagement, kicking, angular moves, iai concentration and quick attacks. This video also includes instruction for kata bassai and kanku.