http://karate.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/iain-abernethy-discusses-the-meaning-of-pinan/ A show about traditional Karate Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:32:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://karate.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/iain-abernethy-discusses-the-meaning-of-pinan/#comment-13059 Ed Hershman Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:11:15 +0000 http://karate.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/iain-abernethy-discusses-the-meaning-of-pinan/#comment-13059 Sir, You have a good theory on the meaning of the name pinan. If you will trace the history of instruction from Itosu, there may be more clues to what really happened in karate history. Look at the lineage of instruction: Itosu was taught by Matsumura Soken who was taught by a Chinese man named "Chiang Nan". Notice the very close pronounciation of the teachers name and the name of the kata. It is likely that like many of the other Okinawa karate kata the pinan kata carry the name of the true originator. Personally I disagree with the Pinan kata being made for children, the bunkai and ouyo taught to me in Okinawa are way too advanced for children. Sir,
You have a good theory on the meaning of the name pinan. If you will trace the history of instruction from Itosu, there may be more clues to what really happened in karate history. Look at the lineage of instruction: Itosu was taught by Matsumura Soken who was taught by a Chinese man named “Chiang Nan”. Notice the very close pronounciation of the teachers name and the name of the kata. It is likely that like many of the other Okinawa karate kata the pinan kata carry the name of the true originator. Personally I disagree with the Pinan kata being made for children, the bunkai and ouyo taught to me in Okinawa are way too advanced for children.

]]> http://karate.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/iain-abernethy-discusses-the-meaning-of-pinan/#comment-9037 mmaeverything » Iain Abernethy Discusses the Meaning of Pinan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:33:12 +0000 http://karate.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/iain-abernethy-discusses-the-meaning-of-pinan/#comment-9037 [...] StarTribune.com news wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIain Abernethy (author of various books on Kata Applications, martial techniques and mental strength and guest on Episode 009 of The Applied Karate Show podcast) has released the latest episode in his series of podcasts. This epsiode discusses The… [...] [...] StarTribune.com news wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIain Abernethy (author of various books on Kata Applications, martial techniques and mental strength and guest on Episode 009 of The Applied Karate Show podcast) has released the latest episode in his series of podcasts. This epsiode discusses The… [...]

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