Record 007 · Kusanku / Kanku · 1922
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Kanku Dai
JKA / Shotokan
“Kanku Dai: the JKA version.”
JKA lists Kanku Dai as a core kata. Kata group: Kusanku / Kanku. Written 観空大. Also written Kushanku Dai, Kōsōkun (公相君). Dated 1922: described in Funakoshi 1922 (via Kadekaru 2016 / Swift); primary scan: NDL pid 971654. 65 movements, by the organisation's count. One of several lineage versions of this kata.
- core-kata
- lineage-variant
Image
- Credit
- Japan Karate Association (JKA), via youtube.com
- Licence
- No stated licence
- Source
- youtube.com
Dating
described in Funakoshi 1922 (via Kadekaru 2016 / Swift); primary scan: NDL pid 971654
- “the 15 kinds of kata, or forms, described by Gichin Funakoshi in his major study that appeared in three volumes: Ryūkyū Kenpō Karate (1922); Rentan Goshin Karatejutsu (1925); and Karate-dō Kyōhan (1935)” · jstage.jst.go.jp
- “When Funakoshi arrived in Japan in 1922, he originally taught a total of fifteen kata” · fightingarts.com
- “公相君” · dl.ndl.go.jp
