Book CLASSIC KATA OF SHORINJI-RYU, Leroy Rodrigues, english

Book CLASSIC KATA OF SHORINJI-RYU, Leroy Rodrigues, english, 244 pages, 21 x 28 cm. Okinawan karate forms of Richard "Biggie" Kim. The Lost and Forgotten Okinawan Katas of Shorinji Ryu Karate. An absolute must have book on classic katas as performed by Leroy Rodriques.  A student of the legendary Richard "Biggie" Kim, this book shows the ancient katas the way he taught them during the 1960's when he had just retuirned from Japan, to his student Leroy Rodriques. 19 different katas are performed by former kata champion Rodriques, including Ananku, Juroku, Kururunfa, Itosu Rohai, Wan Kuak, Yabu Chinto, Yabu Useishi and many more. This is the way they came out of Okinawa originally and from which most other Japanese systems derive their kata.