Product Details

• Actors: Morio Higaonna
• Directors: Paul Moser
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Dragon Associates, I
• VHS Release Date: April 16, 1999
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305435197
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,791 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Classical Fighting Arts magazine Fall 2004

Power Training sells many more copies today than when it was first released ten years ago. A truly excelelent product!

Product Description

Karate Master Morio Higaonna reveals the treasury of training techniques that made him, according to martial arts author Donn F Draeger, "the most dangerous man in Japan in a real fight!" A professionally made 90 minute production that covers the entire karate training system including stretching, weight training, body conditioning, makiwara practice, kata, bunkai and sparring. Includes an excellent section on the history and origins of karate. The only video to be awarded a five star rating by Dragon Times magazine.

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see to learn the true power of real Karate!, April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Training for Karate (Tsunami) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this video, Higaonna Sensei demonstrates some of the traditional training methods that earned such lasting reputations for great karate men of the past. Feats of strength and power were the measure of great karate men long before fancy titles and belts. Master Higaonna is truly one of the greats by that or any standard. There is also invaluable historical information included in this video. Whether or not you practice the same style as Master Higaonna(Goju Ryu), and I personally do not, this tape can be followed as a workout tape (though novices may want to modify the intensity a bit) and as a self-training tool for developing strength and power. Some traditional equipment may be hard to find, like the clay jars (nigiri gami), stone weights (chishi and sashi),or the iron oval (kongo ken), but reasonable facsimiles can easily be substituted with a little imagination. (I personally use one-gallon pickle jars for the nigiri game, as an example.) Just seeing how training was done in "the old days" being performed by one of today's great masters is inspiring, and training along with the tape is motivational and challenging. Regardless of your style or art, including such training in your personal regimen will increase your appreciation for the men who developed and passed karate on, but mostly will help to improve your abilities to a level above your peers. Few can accomplish the feats that the founders of karate are credited with, but this training will go a long way toward helping the serious karate person to do just that!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best!, October 11, 2002

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Steven Wilson (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Training for Karate (Tsunami) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is the best reference available on power training and conditioning anywhere. Lots of information, entertaining to watch (inspirational), and a valuable resource. I own over 200 martial arts videos and this is one of my favorites-it will be one of yours also! Put this video in and POWER UP!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Power Training for Karate - Morio Higaonna, February 16, 2002

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J. Holland (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Training for Karate (Tsunami) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The comments provided by reviewer Eddy Shumacher says it all. To date, this is the best martial arts instruction video I have seen.