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Photo (video still): a karateka in a white gi and black belt performing Sanchin kata in a wood-floored dojo (IOGKF Nederland kata page)
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Record 033 · Sanchin · 1925

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Sanchin

IOGKF (International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Federation)

“Sanchin: the IOGKF version.”

IOGKF lists Sanchin as a core kata. Style: Goju-ryu (Okinawan). Written 三戦. Dated 1925: name documented 1925 (Funakoshi). Centred on breathing or tension.

Official site
  • core-kata
  • breathing-form

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Credit
IOGKF Nederland, via iogkf.nl
Licence
No stated licence
Source
iogkf.nl

Dating

name documented 1925 (Funakoshi)

  • “in his 1925 “Rentan Goshin Karate Jutsu,” he lists the same kata, with the addition of Sanchin (Funakoshi, 1925).” · fightingarts.com

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