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Pinan or Heian
What should we call the five basic Kata from Itosu? Pinan or Heian? Itosu Ankō, the creator of the Pinan Kata. Itosu was raised in a strict home of the ...
To search for the old!
Gichin Funakoshi once said: "To search for the old is to understand the new. The old, the new, this is a matter of time. In all things, man must have a ...
The Taikyoku Kata
Gichin Funakoshi and his son Yoshitaka “Gigo” Funakoshi, are said to be the creator of the Taikyoku Katas around 1935-40. Some claim that Shigeru Egami and Hironishi Genshin also were ...