Hello, Kyokushin folks often do a kata called Yantsu. Have you heard of it, and if so what is its origin? -Chris J.
Osu, Hello Chris J. Yes, have heard of Yantsu and still practice it. Yansu means, to keep pure and always trying to maintain purity of ideas, never compromise for the expedient. This kata has been borrowed from the Chinese and gives a good idea of Southern forms, it has all the techniques for close quarter battles and has an air of Chi when performed slow compared to the fast speed that Kyokushinkai do it at. For the school that I belong to this is a 1st Kyu, Brown Belt -Black Stripe grade kata. The idea is to develop a more natural fluency in your movement and thus in reflex in your techniques. Osu. Paul Paterson.
