Enpi (kata)
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title:
Enpi (kata)
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Enpi (燕飛), also frequently transliterated as Empi, is a kata practiced by Shotokan and other karate styles. Enpi means Flying Swallow. Enpi comes from the Okinawan martial art of Tomari-te, where it first appeared in 1683. It is believed to have been influenced by Chinese boxing. It is the sister kata to Wansu. Funakoshi Gichin changed the name to Enpi when he moved to the Japanese mainland in the 1920s. Funakoshi changed the names of many of the kata, in an effort to make the Okinawan art more
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Karate technique
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enpi_(kata)
date created:
2006-12-06T21:16:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T12:23:21Z
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