Sanchin (三戦) is a kata of apparent Southern Chinese (Fujianese) origin that is considered to be the core of several styles, the most well-known being...

projectionist and KGB officer Ivan Sanchin (real name Alex Ganchin) between 1939 and 1953, the year Stalin died. Sanchin is played by Tom Hulce, and the...

given to breathing correctly in all of the kata but particularly in the Sanchin kata which is one of two core kata of this style. The second kata is called...

body shifting to avoid attacks. Goju-ryu places emphasis on Sanchin kata and its rooted Sanchin stance, and it features grappling and close-range techniques...

Mabuni Kenwa Tōyama Kanken Tatsuo Shimabuku Important kata: Naihanchi sanchin (shuri te) Pinan Kūsankū Passai Jion Jitte Rohai Chinto Gojushiho The successor...

training aspects, Sanchin also contains many applicable martial techniques. Shimabuku also thought very highly of the form, saying once, "Sanchin is for health...

these kata to bridge the gap between Sanchin and Saifa, which contains much more complex moves compared to Sanchin, as well as to have forms to teach to...

continuous, flowing movements. Tensho, along with its harder counterpart sanchin, was developed by Goju ryu founder Chojun Miyagi from earlier Chinese forms...

obvious foundations in Sanchin, relying primarily on the "Sanchin stance" or sanchin dachi (三戦立ち) and opening as does Uechi-Ryū Sanchin for three strikes then...

from Sanchin to Suparimpei. Many advanced breathing techniques are exercised in this stance. Hangetsu-dachi (半月立, Halfmoon stance) A version of sanchin used...

of his name: Shu Shiwa. The kata are: Sanchin Kanshiwa Kanshū Seichin Seisan Seiryū Kanchin Sanseiryū Sanchin kata is deceptively simple in appearance...

than moto dachi and shorter than Zenkutsu Dachi. Heiko Sanchin Dachi : Little longer than Sanchin Dachi Soei Ashi Dachi : Front Leg bend with back leg heel...

time. He later developed his own style of Uechi-ryū karate based on the Sanchin, Seisan, and Sanseiryu kata that he had studied in China. When Shō Tai...

combination with throwing techniques is a specialty, especially from the sanchin and shiko-dachi stances. Great importance is also attached to training...

Chojun Miyagi. These kata being Seiyunchin and Sanchin (Eizo Shimabukuro used to call his version of Sanchin, Sanchu). At one time Shimabuku taught Shorin-ryu...

to whether Chitose's first kata was Sanchin or Seisan, his book "Kenpō Karate-dō" states that he learned Sanchin from Aragaki for seven years before being...

in the kata Kanku Dai) Teiji Dachi: t-stance Sanchin Dachi: hourglass stance (e.g. in the kata Sanchin) Katashi Dachi: crane-like stance (e.g. in the...

internal yet advanced Kata by Oyama. The name means "rotating palms". Sanchin Sanchin is a very old kata with roots in China. The name translates to "three...

after Gekisai Dai Ichi and Gekisai Dai Ni, and preceding the heishugata Sanchin. It is likewise taught third in the Meibukan tradition. The name is variously...

training schools in Song Mountains. We can still see today Japanese Kata like Sanchin, postures and forms like Siunimtao in Wingchun, "Iron thread" in Hung Gar...

Crane. San Chian is best known by the Japanese pronunciation of its name, Sanchin. Chin Na Shaolinquan Zhang Sanfeng Karate Kuntao Liu Seong Kuntao Yongchun...

of expansion and contraction, Gichin Funakoshi substituted Hangetsu for Sanchin in the Shotokan curriculum. Mastery of this kata rests on mastery of hangetsu-dachi...

style until his death. A contemporary article notes that when performing Sanchin, Kanei appeared deceivingly soft and relaxed, but upon closer inspection...

kata, taught by master Seisho Aragaki. Shisochin begins at the stance Sanchin dashi in three kyodo when applying three successive nukite zuki. There...

deep stance(Shiko dachi).Goju Ryu students are far more likely to use sanchin dachi in using the makiwara. The common makiwara in the Jundokan dojo in...

in the style in its early days were versions of Naihanchin, Nijushiho, Sanchin, Chinto and Kusanku, as well as a Bō (6 ft staff) kata (Shishiryu no Bo)...

Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Ryuko Some Some Some Saifā Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sanchin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sankakutobi Yes Sanseiryu/Sanseryu...

Chinte Matsukaze Saifa Annanku Shio Kosokan Sōchin Seipai Tensho (kata) Sanchin Bassai Sho Nijūshiho Seriu Chintō Tomoro no passai Na-Pa-Pu Kurunnfa kosokun...

Philip Ford The Inner Circle (1991 film), a film about KGB officer Ivan Sanchin "The Inner Circle" (The Office), a 2011 episode of The Office Inner Circle...

forms (kata): Wansu Anaku Naihanchi Shō (Tekki Shodan) Empi Shō (Wanshu) Sanchin Tsue Shō Bassai Dai Gopei Shō Danenn Shō Naihanchi Ni (Tekki Nidan) Nandan...