styles, Pinan Shodan and Pinan Nidan are inverted - what certain styles call Pinan Shodan is what others call Heian Nidan, and vice versa[citation needed]...

going into kiba Dachi) haiwan uke: square side block (e.g. in the kata, Heian nidan) gedan juji uke: downward x block jodan juji uke: upward x block kaisho...

of the already simplified Pinan/Heian series. The embusen, or pattern of the kata's movements, are the same as in Heian shodan. Students of karate systems...

in some Shotokan dojos) (太極初段), Heian shodan (平安初段), Heian nidan (平安二段), Heian sandan (平安三段), Heian yondan (平安四段), Heian godan (平安五段), Bassai dai (披塞大)...

Gichin Funakoshi performing the first moves of kata Heian Nidan....

are three modern kata derived from this (Shodan, Nidan and Sandan). Some researchers believe Nidan and Sandan were created by Anko Itosu, but others...

Seiryu. Konishi also studied under Morihei Ueshiba. Konishi demonstrated Heian Nidan to Ueshiba who opined that Konishi should cease pursuing such ineffective...

yoi position described above. Examples of basic kata are Heian shodan, Heian nidan and Heian sandan. Other yoi positions are found mostly in intermediate...

Tai Sabaki Shodan Heian Shodan Suna Kake No Kon Shisochin Tai Sabaki Nidan Heian Nidan Shushi No Kon Dai Saifa Tai Sabaki Sandan Heian Sandan Shushi No...

includes Jion and Ji'in Pinan Nidan (Heian) Pinan Shodan (Heian) Pinan Sandan (Heian) Pinan Yondan (Heian) Pinan Godan (Heian) Bassai Dai Seienchin Shiho...

period (8th century). It became Early Middle Japanese in the succeeding Heian period, but the precise delimitation of the stages is controversial. Old...

Shiho Tsuki Keri, Shiho Nuki and Happo Nuki. Heian Shodan, Heian Nidan, Heian Sandan, Heian Yondan and Heian Godan. Naihanchi, Wankan, Bassai, Bassai Sho...

Japan and Okinawa Shuri-te and Tomari-te both natural Naihanchi (shodan and nidan), Shirokuma, Seisan, Passai, Ufukun, Motode (ichi and ni), Kasshindī (san...

slowly replaced the plain form starting in the late Heian period) → kikoeru (all verbs with the shimo-nidan conjugation pattern underwent this same shift in...

Japanese styles, Pinan is known as Heian. Funakoshi Gichin made this name change. His philosophy was to teach Pinan Nidan first because he felt it was an...

stage of the Japanese language between 794 and 1185, which is known as the Heian period (平安時代). The successor to Old Japanese (上代日本語), it is also known as...

black belts are occasionally used as martial arts titles: Shodan – 1st dan Nidan – 2nd dan Sandan – 3rd dan Yondan – 4th dan Godan – 5th dan Rokudan – 6th...

Unreleased Unreleased Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi Random House SETA June 18, 1993 Unreleased Unreleased Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi 2 Random House SETA...

"na-adjectives," "verbs" and "auxiliary verbs"), (2) conjugative words with ichidan, nidan, yodan, godan and irregular conjugation ("verbs" and "auxiliary verbs")...

(平安初段), Pinan Nidan (平安二段), Pinan Sandan (平安三段), Pinan Yodan (平安四段), and Pinan Godan (平安五段). Funakoshi renamed this series as the Heian series. Kūshankū...

title character and main protagonist of the series and is a five-year-old Heian era prince. Born to a noble family in Yōsei-kai (妖精界, lit. Fairy World)...

Dan Rank Gold stripe(s) Shodan (初段 or しょだん) 1st One Nidan (二段 or にだん) 2nd Two Sandan (三段 or さんだん) 3rd Three Yondan (四段 or よんだん) 4th Four Godan (五段 or...

(往ぬ). Inu is not used in standard Japanese. The conjugation of kami/shimo nidan (上／下二段) verbs from old Japanese still remains in Ōita-ben. However, the...