CRITICAL PRAISE FOR ESSENTIAL SHOTOKAN

"Well demonstrated! Clearly communicates valuable information! Particularly impressive is showing training ideas and applications for each technique as applied to beginners, intermediate, and advanced black belts."
--Stan Schmidt, Master Instructor, Japan Karate Association (JKA)

"...absolutely the best I have ever seen on the subject of Shotokan Karate. The progression from principle to technique to intermediate and advanced application is wonderful. It is the best example I have ever seen of directly relating theory to action. The technique demonstrated is strong, clean and classic in form."
--Randall G. Hassell, Chief Instructor, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA) and President, American JKA Karate Association (AJKA)

"Essential Shotokan is an outstanding Series! Edmond Otis combines excellent technique and applications with real content, depth and expert instruction. These tapes are perfect for white belts and black belts alike."
--Ray Dalke, Chief Instructor Emeritus, American JKA Karate Association (AJKA)

A quality product. Edmond Otis is extremely articulate and he demonstrates exactly how to do each of the techniques he presents to the audience. He is very much unlike instructors who "talk" about technique. This is a karate teacher who teaches through example, exactly the kind of instructor students in karate need.
--Mark Groenewald, Karate the Japanese Way