Introduction
Dear student of Karate-Do,
You are looking at one of the most valuable teaching tools the Shotokan Karate organisation has devised in order to aid your developing karate career.
This curriculum may be looked upon by yourself as a path leading you to all those skills you have to acquire in order to master Shotokan Karate. If used wisely it will, in conjunction with the grading assessment form (you will recieve this with your membership), provide you with clear guidance as to what aspects of Karate-Do to concentrate on, in order to advance speedily though the ranks.
We are most concerned for you to experience continuous advancement in both a technical, as well as a spirited sense, so that you may as soon as possible, become a Master of Karate-Do.
The recommended intervals between gradings may be shortened, provided you succeed in training (under tuition) more frequently than indicated in this curriculum and prove to be capable of demonstrating proficiency at the time of your grading assessment.
Index of sections
This handbook is split up into the following sections: