Record 010 · Wanshu / Enpi · 1922
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Enpi
JKA / Shotokan
“Enpi: the JKA version.”
JKA lists Enpi as a core kata. Kata group: Wanshu / Enpi. Written 燕飛. Also written Empi, Wanshu (ワンシュ). Dated 1922: described in Funakoshi 1922 (via Kadekaru 2016 / Swift); primary scan: NDL pid 971654. 37 movements, by the organisation's count. One of several lineage versions of this kata.
- core-kata
- lineage-variant
Image
- Credit
- SureEquation605, via commons.wikimedia.org
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Source
- commons.wikimedia.org
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
- “ワンシユウ” · dl.ndl.go.jp
