Naihanchi
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Naihanchi is a karate kata, performed in straddle stance. It translates to 'internal divided conflict'. The form makes use of in-fighting techniques and grappling. In Shorin-Ryu and Matsubayashi-ryū N
Motobu's Naihanchi
Kentsū Yabu
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Kentsū Yabu was a karate master in Okinawa, and was among the first people to demonstrate karate in Hawaii.
Naihanchi
…learned it from a Chinese man living in Tomari. Itosu is thought to have changed the original kata. The form is so important to old style karate that Kentsu Yabu (a student of Itosu) often told his students 'Karate begins and ends with Naihanchi' and admonished his students must practice the kata 10,000 times…
Yabu Kentsu, c. 1936