Karate is one thing I’ve by no means completed earlier than, so it was a shock to seek out myself doing a little within the type of studying the Anan kata at a current Foxfist occasion. The Anan kata is a pleasant little Karate type. In actual fact, there’s sufficient in there for it to be the one type you ever wanted to be taught for a small, self-contained, however efficient, martial system. There are deflections, strikes, stand-up grappling and kicks.
The similarities between Okinawan techniques and Southern Chinese language martial arts techniques are fairly apparent on this kata, I believe. However see what you assume. Right here is Anan being carried out by anyone who, in contrast to me, is aware of what they’re doing with it.