There is a huge amount of information online in the Karate community. 

For beginners, sometimes it can seem overwhelming! So please take some time to read and learn about karate so you have a better understanding and can feel more comfortable with what you are learning and the purpose behind it.

1) Websites

1) The Martial Way - this comprehensive site contains detailed descriptions of kihon, kata (including enbusens (kata maps), kumite along with graphics and videos.

2) Ultimate Karate USA - Sensei Jason Leung

3) Black Belt Wiki

4) Karate Philosophy 

2) You Tube 

1) ULTIMATE KARATE

2) Shotokan Sensei

3) Shotokan Karate Academy - all 26 kata performed by the legendary Hirokazu Kanazawa

3) Reading Resources

Some suggestions to help you widen your understanding of karate - all available on Amazon:

1.      Karate-Do My Way of Life – Gichan Finakoshi; 

2.     The Essence of Karate - Gichan Finakoshi 

3.     The Twenty Guiding Principles - Gichan Finakoshi 

4.     Karate – My Life – Kanazawa Hirokazu

5.      The Way of Kata - Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder 

6.     The Shotokan Karate Bible 2nd edition: Beginner to Black Belt – Ashley Martin

7.      Karate-Do: Dynamic Karate – Masatoshi Nakayama 

8.      Essential Karate – Mas Oyama 

9.     Traditional Karate Do Vols 1-4 – Morio Higaonna 

10.   The Karate Way: Discovering the Spirit of Practice – Dave Lowry 

4) Magazines

1) Black Belt Magazine

2) Shotokan Karate Magazine

5) International Karate Organisations

1) Shotokai - the organisation formed in 1930 by Funakoshi to teach and spread the art of karate-Do.

2) World Union of Karate Federations  

3) International Shotokan Karate Federation

4) Belgium Karate Federation 

5) ISKF Europa 

6) Shotokan Karate CSL 

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the work and resource of many contributing websites, wiki pages and sources in the compilation of this website.