Famous 1989 JKA Yahara-Amos Demonstration

In 1989 during the All Japan Tournament Richard Amos, a British guy studying karate in Japan participated in a self defense demonstration with Mikio Yahara, one of the legendary JKA instructors. We are going to briefly talk about the demonstration itself as well as present a short background on the historical events surrounding this tournament prior to moving to the demonstration itself. The entire final tournament, including top 8 competitors in male and female kata and kumite, plus the original Japanese tv commercials and commentary that ran during the tournament is available here: The quality of the playback is pitiful, but the historical record is pricelss.