Naifanchi/Nihanchi and all spellings – a study in derivative variation

 

Naifanchi Shodan by master Choki Motobu

 

本部のナイハンチ初段 - Motobu no Naihanchi Shodan

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 naihanchi - shinzato katsuhiko

 

 

Soken Hohan shinshii, Naihanchi Shodan & Nidan 祖堅方範先生 ナイハンチ初段と二段

 

 

tekki funakoshi naihanchi shodan shito.avi

 

a very personalized version

Naihanchi Ju no Kata  Katsuyuki Shimabukuro

 

 

One of the interesting things I discovered was I really don’t know of  Kyan Chotoku taught Naifanchi,

There are those who maintain he did and those who do not feel that is correct.

One adept of Nakazato maintains all of Kyan’s students who became instructors

Eventually chose to incorporate Naifanchi, each from a different source.

 

 

Matsubayashi-ryu from 1960's / Naihanchi Shodan

 

 

 

Nakazato Shorinji Naifanchi

 

 

 

naihanchi - shimabukuro zempo

 

 

 

Eizo Shimabuku Naihanchi Kata

 

Shimabuku Tatsuo Nihanchi

 

 

 

Naihanchi Kata - 1 of 3 -Angi Uezu –Isshinryu 

 

 

 

Charles  Murray 1980 Naihanchi Kata Instruction

 

 

Mike Cassidy 1990

 

 

My students performing Naifanchi kata in a stack

 

 

My own Naifanchi in my progressing decrepitude