Gankaku Shotokan Karate do Kata - Details Explanation by Naka Shihan

Chintō (鎮東) (In Shotokan, Gankaku (岩鶴)) is an advanced kata practiced in many styles of karate. According to legend, it is named after a stranded Chinese sailor (or pirate), sometimes referred to as Annan, whose ship crashed on the Okinawan coast. To survive, Chintō kept stealing from the crops of the local people. Matsumura Sōkon, a Karate master and chief bodyguard to the Ryūkyūan king, was sent to defeat Chintō. In the ensuing fight, however, Matsumura found himself equally matched by the stranger, and consequently sought to learn his techniques.
It is known that the kata Chintō was well known to the early Tomari-te and Shuri-te schools of karate. Matsumura Sōkon was an early practitioner of the Shuri-te style. When Gichin Funakoshi brought karate to Japan, he renamed Chintō (meaning approximately "fighter to the east") to Gankaku (meaning "crane on a rock"), possibly to avoid anti-Chinese sentiment of the time. He also included the use of high side kicks (yoko keri keage) instead of the original front kicks (mae- geri keage) and modified the actual pattern of movement, or embusen, to a more linear layout, similar to the other Shotokan kata. It is sometimes said that Chintō should be performed while facing eastwards due to its name, however, this could equally be a reference to its origins and the legend of Sōkon and Chintō.
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Heian Nidan - Bassai Dai Heian Sandan - Jion Heian Yondan - Kanku Dai Heian Godan - Gankaku This was a very interesting hint. Thank you and Naka Sensei. ✌🏼️👊🏼

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I remember Tanaka Sensei making many of these same points in 1996. Good to hear again.

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I’m not JKA, but I really enjoy Naka Sensei’s insights!

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Naka Sensei is so good. And this video is incredibly informative. Thank you for posting!

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Glad you enjoyed it!

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My 2nd Dan Kata. Due to right knee skydiving injury. Had to stop. New knee in 2020. Benn doing a Kata a month since. Starting with Heian Series. To Basai Dai. This month. Kanku Dai. Will finish the year with Kanku Dai. My 1ST DAN KATA.

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Beautiful Kata.Karate Kid. Crane on a Rock. (STUMP). One of my favorite. But havnt train on it. Due to bad right knee. Why when I got my knee replaced. I started out with Tekki Shodan. My lower body strength was like 60%.weak. Had to learn to walk again. Thank my Heavenly Father for Shotokan.

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Good point!