Also started to learn a new kata, Annan. Here's a pretty awesome version of it I found on You Tube, slightly faster than our practice is currently going!
Annan is a Shito-ryu kata and is normally a requirement for 5th Dan. First impressions are this is a fairly 'strong' kata, with plenty of kicks and punches any varying tempo throughout, however there are also many more subtle movements; blocks, grabs and locks which look like they will be pretty challenging to learn. I'll post some more on the specific bunkai and applications as we start to learn them.
Seem that Annan is also a fairly recent kata in terms of arrival at competition karate, being performed for the first time in 1988. Here's quite a good summary of Annan's background and origins.
Also one more video I found with a slowed down version towards the end (although this looks a little different in some places to the version we are learning)
Annan is a Shito-ryu kata and is normally a requirement for 5th Dan. First impressions are this is a fairly 'strong' kata, with plenty of kicks and punches any varying tempo throughout, however there are also many more subtle movements; blocks, grabs and locks which look like they will be pretty challenging to learn. I'll post some more on the specific bunkai and applications as we start to learn them.
Seem that Annan is also a fairly recent kata in terms of arrival at competition karate, being performed for the first time in 1988. Here's quite a good summary of Annan's background and origins.
Also one more video I found with a slowed down version towards the end (although this looks a little different in some places to the version we are learning)
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