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[Taikyoku series] Kanku series of Katas Kanku Dai & Kanku Sho The 2 calligraphic charectars "Kan Ku" translated literally means To look at the sky Dai - Great Sho - Small
Like the Bassai kata, this kata too has 2 versions Dai and Sho. The Kata was originally known as Ku shan ku and ko sho kun and was named after after a Chinese boxing expert who developed the kata. The Dai version of the kata contains many movements incorporated into the Heian Series. The great Master Itosu created the Kanku Sho kata based on the Dai version The performance lines of both katas are similar, the Dai version has 65 movements the Sho version has 47 movements.
Kata
These three katas Taikyoku Shodan, Nidan & Sandan were developed by Yoshitaka Funakoshi Sensei, the son of Funakoshi Ginchin Dai sensei These katas are primarily to teach the absolute fundamentals of Shotokan Karate-do.