Tatsuya Naka goes over deep Budo Concepts in interviews and instructions. It's a must-see for serious Karate-Ka and Budo-Ka!

Tatsuya Naka is a master who represents Shotokan karate. He begins a long journey to reach the origin of Karate through technical exchanges with the Okinawan karate masters. This is the first-ever experience of the eternal “Great Journey” to the roots of Karate for the Karate-Ka throughout the wo...

The Great Journey series is about searching for the origin of Karate by Tatsuya Naka of the Japan Karate Association.
At last, the 3rd journey takes place in China.

This trip unveils the differences and commonalities between Chinese martial arts, Okinawan Karate, and Shotokan.
Tatsuya Naka ...

Presenting the Karate that you’ve never seen before.
Shotokan-Ryu, Wado-Ryu, and Okinawan Goju-Ryu. The techniques and philosophies created by their ancestors are full of surprises and excitement.

Tatsuya Naka from the Shotokan trains with Hironori Otsuka, the 3rd generation Soke of Wado-Ryu,...

Karate gives dreams. Budo gives dramatic adventures.
The ancient Okinawa history says that Karate-Ka have fought with their bare hands against the swords of Samurai.
There might have been Karate-Ka who fought against Samurai inthe period of Edo.
There could have been a match of Karate-Ka and J...

Shihan Tatsuya Naka instructs a beginner on:
Seiza and manners, stances, breathing, making fists, Tsuki, Keri, Kihon and finished with Kata.
Let’s open the door to Budo Karate!

PART 1: Rei (bow) and sit down
PART 2: Seiza and breathing
PART 3: How to make Seiken-zuki?
PART 4: How to breath...

Mahiro Takano is a world-famous Karate girl.What type of daily training is Mahiro going through to dominate tournaments like she does?
We filmed Mahiro’s training at her dojo in Niigata prefecture, the training camp of the Saitama HQ, who won MVP 2 years consecutively at the nationals, training ...

Kuro-Obi World's signature series, the Great Journey of Karate 4.
In episode 1, Tatsuya Naka Sensei discusses the topics that he will focus on researching.

In the upcoming series of the Great Journey of Karate 4, Tatsuya Naka Sensei visits Okinawa again. He meets with Okinawa's leading Karate...