Considered one of America's foremost pioneers in the art of karate and kobudo; Richard Kim is caught in this DVD performing several of the classical weapons forms; including sai; bo and many more forms that date back to the 1700s. Master Kim; who comes from the old school; learned from Okinawan masters in pre-war Japan as well as from the legendary Yoshido Kotaro. This DVD also shows him performing in Brazil at the ITAKF World Championships when he performed a tongfa kata that brought the house to its feet in applause. If you ever wanted to learn kobudo the old way; this is the DVD for you. No new additions to katas... just the forms the way he learned them from his teachers.

Product ID: VD7389A