Pinan Nidan Kata - Move by Move

[Makalakumu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3LQF50oBd8&feature=youtu.be

Here is a video that shows how we break up the kata Pinan Nidan so that we can begin to see the applications better. This video specifically stresses the "intermediate positions", which is where lots of the "Meat and Potatoes" of the kata are located.

 

[dancingalone]

I enjoyed the adaptations you or your teacher made, especially with the covering guards.

 

[Makalakumu]

Way back when we still belonged to the Moo Duk Kwan, we covered the intermediate positions in order to increase our hip movement in our hyung. These intermediate positions were not explained, however, until my teacher began to train in Okinawan Kempo. I've taken this material and added my own insights on it and I think that I've broken up the kata into a logical fashion that really highlights the applications contained therein.