Resources

Assorted Links

• Japan Karate Association (JKA)
• New York City JKA Dojo
• Shotokan Karate Magazine
• General martial arts info - Martial Arts FAQ
• Martial arts web links compiled by Danny Abramovitch

Kata

The 26 Shotokan katas are available for online viewing and as diagrams.

Books

These are the definitive, must-have books for referencing JKA kata study (at a reasonable price):

• Karate-Do Kata Vol.1 & Vol.2 by Japan Karate Association
• The Best Karate series by Masatoshi Nakayama

Some other suggested karate educational books that are the best for the JKA style of karate are:

• Fundamentals of Karate-Do (English and Japanese Edition by Masataka Mori
• Dynamic Karate by Masatoshi Nakayama
• Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
• Perfecting Kumite by Masahiko Tanaka
• Dictionary of Shotokan Karate Vol. 4

Other Clubs

Below are websites that have been kind enough to put a link to our site on their web pages. Please note that this is not meant to be a comprehensive list.

• University of Connecticut JKA
• Montville, CT JKA
• Columbia University JKA
• JKA Boston
• JKA Brooklyn
• Northwestern Shotokan Karate Club

Manuals and Rules

You can view an instructor’s technical manual, tournament rules and regulations and a series of videos concerning judging here. You can also download the former as pdfs directly:

• Technical manual for instructors
• Tournament rules and regulations

Videos

This is a great video for all levels to review:

• Basic Shotokan JKA-Vol1