Links

This website is intended to be an introduction to karate, and in particular to the kind of karate practised by the Shi-Gaku-Kan dojos in the north-east of Scotland, karate based in the Shotokan of Gichin Funakoshi as developed by Hirokazu Kanazawa, Kancho, and propagated through the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF) and the constituent Shotokan Karate Kanazawa Ryu International Federation (SKKIF).

The following lists the websites of other dojos in Britain belonging to the SKKIF:
Kanazawa Shotokan Ryu, Stirling, Scotland
Kobukan, Windsor, Berkshire
Kodo Kai, Watford, Hertfordshire
Matsuba Kai, Romford, Essex
Wrekin Shotokan Karate Club, Telford, Shropshire
Kanazawa Shotokan Karate Centre, Wilmslow, Cheshire
Yama Kai, Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Mizu Shotokan Karate-Do, Fulham, London
Shi-Gaku-Kan, Aberdeen and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Yamashiro Kai, Penzance, Cornwall
Tokushin Kai, Olney, Milton Keynes

SKIF-NI is based in Northern Ireland.

Other resources of interest include:
Japan Karate Shotorenmei Scotland
Martial arts illustrated
The Shotokan Way
Karate, by Zenko Heshiki

Bibliography

There are many books on Shotokan karate, and as mentioned in the page on Styles in karate, there are many subtly different versions of Shotokan, so it is important to make sure that the books you choose are appropriate for your own studies. If in doubt seek the advice of your sensei.

The following books will be useful for keen students of karate wishing to supplement the instruction received in the dojo:
Cook, Harry (2009) Shotokan Karate A precise history (2nd ed.), Martial Arts Enterprises, 3 Castle Hill House, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE 49 0EB, UK.
Kanazawa, Hirokazu (trans. Berger, Richard) (2004) Karate fighting techniques: The complete kumite, Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978–4–7700–2872–3
Kanazawa, Hirokazu (trans. Berger, Richard) (2009) Karate: The complete kata, Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978–4–7700–3090–0

Also, there are very many supplementary resources for students on the world-wide-web, for example on YouTube. In addition the Shi-Gaku-Kan dojos have a dedicated Youtube channel which contains videos of Sensei Nobuaki Kanazawa and Sensei Mark Donaghy demonstrating kumite drills. Students are recommended to subscribe to this channel in order to be notified when new videos are added.