Highlights of the 1976 SKA 20th Anniversary – Kansas City Shotokan Karate Club

Best of the 20th Anniversary Celebration was transferred from Earl Rand’s original 1976 8mm films to video tape and is narrated by Jon Beltram. Picture quality is only fair, but the content is… incredible!

This short clip from “Highlights of the 1976 SKA 20th Anniversary” shows part of the yodan and godan testing at Melrose Dojo. The first exchanges are Don DePree vs. Henry Wilkerson. Beginning at 00:42 it’s Ken Osborne vs. George Gamble. Caylor Adkins referees.

Ohshima Sensei demonstrates:

Hangetsu
nagewaza (throwing techniques).

Kata demonstrations by:

Tsutomu Ohshima
Caylor Adkins
Sadaharu Honda
Daniel Chemla
Mr. Yamaguchi

Jiyu Kumite featuring:

Mark Kohagura
Tom White
Fred House
Clabe Hartley

Yodan & Godan examination (portions):

Iai
Jiyu-kumite
Resuscitation
with Don DePree, Jim Sagawa, Daniel Chemla, Sadaharu Honda.
Kamata Watanabe, one of Mr. Ohshima’s seniors from Waseda University, demonstrates suwari-zuki

(color, about 30 minutes in length).