3 Major Schools of Okinawa Karate (DVD Volume 2) ==> Uechi-ryu, Goju-ryu, Shorin-ryu

This DVD set is pretty good at giving a lot of detailed information regarding the origin of this form of Karate. The only downfall that I can see is that there is very little English and a lot of reading which makes it difficult to follow along with. If you are interested in learning this form it is a good place to start.

As someone who has practiced martial arts off and on for over a quarter of a century, I have seen most of the videos that there are to see. I have heard of these videos for years, but only now had the ability to purchase them. For those who are interested in traditional martial arts and especially Okinawan karate, these videos are a gold mine of information. All aspects of karate are covered, including basics (kihon), solo forms (kata), sparring (kumite), and various types of conditioning, some of which need to be seen to be believed. The primary demonstrators are Kiyohide Shinjo and the recently deceased Seiko Toyama of Uechi ryu, Tetsuhiro Hokama and Shigetoshi Senaha of goju ryu, and Yoshimitsu Onaga of shorin ryu, along with several others. There is also a short section dedicated to the karate training used by the Japan Self Defense Forces at the end of Vol. 1. These are not instructional videos, but rather demonstrations of some mid to high level aspects of the arts. The advertising for these videos suggests that the information contained would be most useful for those practitioners second dan black belt and up, and I would agree with that. I highly recommend these videos for anyone interested in real martial arts; my only complaint is that I wish there were more of them.

Very interesting! This is the stuff you don't learn at regular schools. This is related to the history of Karate in Japan.Get it!

I bought this one along with DVD Volume 1 of the series and really enjoyed them. I take Isshin-Ryu karate which originated from goju ryu and shorin ryu so it was nice to see more about the roots of my style.

This is for people who want to understand some real traditional stuff. would recommend for all the martial artists. must for karate enthusiasts.