Record 017 · Chinto / Gankaku · 1914
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Gankaku
JKA / Shotokan
“Gankaku: the JKA version.”
JKA lists Gankaku as a core kata. Kata group: Chinto / Gankaku. Written 岩鶴. Also written Chinto (チントウ). Dated 1914: named by 1914 (Funakoshi article, via Swift); also described in 1922 (primary scan: NDL pid 971654). 42 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
named by 1914 (Funakoshi article, via Swift); also described in 1922 (primary scan: NDL pid 971654)
- ““Those who received instruction from a castaway from Annan in Fuzhou, include: Gusukuma and Kanagusuku (Chinto), Matsumura and Oyadomari (Chinte), Yamasato (Jiin) and Nakasato (Jitte), all of Tomari, who learned the kata separately.” · fightingarts.com
- “(sic, Shoto, 1914)” · fightingarts.com
- “The fifteen kata in Funakoshi’s syllabus included: Pinan 1-5 (Heian) Naihanchi 1-3 (Naifanchi, Tekki) Kushanku (Kanku) Passai (Bassai) Seisan (Hangetsu) Wanshu (Enpi) Chinto (Gankaku) Jitte (Jitte) Jion” · fightingarts.com
- “チントウ” · dl.ndl.go.jp
