Rob Redmond is an advanced Shotokan Karate student, and a fine writer.
He wrote an excellent book about the kata of Shotokan Karate.
You need to read it if you’re a student of Shotokan Karate, because he has invaluable insights into the nature and benefits and performance of the kata. And you have to read the book to appreciate how much he thinks about the topic.
The title of the book is “Kata: the Folk Dances of Japan”.
Rob wrote the book, and it lived on his remarkable Shotokan Blog, 24 Fighting Chickens (and again, no, I don’t know why he calls it 24 Fighting Chickens; but he can call it anything he wants, because it’s one of the best Shotokan Blogs on the internet).
Then he took the kata book off his blog, and made it available for purchase. It was a little pricey, but it’s worth a ton, because of the quantity and quality of information in it.
And now he has improved the book by making it My Favorite Price.
While you can still buy a hard copy of the book, you can download a pdf of the book for free, here.
So the book is priceless.
Really.
