Photo (video still): a karateka in a white gi and black belt performing Sanseru kata in a wood-floored dojo (IOGKF Nederland kata page)
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Record 037 · Sanseru / Sanseiryu · 1922

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Sanseru

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

“Sanseru: the IOGKF version.”

IOGKF lists Sanseru as a core kata. Style: Goju-ryu (Okinawan). Kata group: Sanseru / Sanseiryu. Written 三十六手. Dated 1922: name documented 1922 (Funakoshi).

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  • core-kata

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IOGKF Nederland, via iogkf.nl
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iogkf.nl

Dating

name documented 1922 (Funakoshi)

  • “In his 1922 “Ryukyu Kenpo Karate,” Funakoshi also lists an additional 16 kata (Funakoshi, 1922) including: an additional Passai kata (listing both Dai & Sho) and Kushanku kata (listing both Dai & Sho), Gojushiho, Chinte, Jiin, Wandau, Rohai, Jumu, Wando, Sochin, Niseishi, Sanseiru, Suparinpei, Wankan, Kokan, and Ushu.” · fightingarts.com