Anaku

For other uses, seeAnaku (disambiguation).

Anaku(アナク) is akataderived fromAnanku(SeeKarate kata). It is translated as "Expression Pivoting Form" or "Pivoting Swallow Form". Thiskatais typically taught to Go Kyu (Green Belt Kata).

Anaku is used to teach two principles: shifting from Kiba Dachi to Zenkutsu Dachi to Kiba Dachi, and T'ung Gee Hsing's principle of pounding, which is hitting the same spot multiple times.

Chotoku Kyanis credited with recomposing this kata for Karate in 1895.

Bunkai

• Xingyi's principle is used four times in thekata.The first time it is twotate zuki(vertical punch). The second time it is used with twotate zuki,amae geri,and anothertate zuki.The name comes from the five phases (wuxing), and T'ung Gee Hsing, a known practitioner ofxingyiquanwho taughtRobert Triassomexingyiquan
• There is a third principle that is no longer commonly taught, though it is used in universalbunkai.The principle is called aMae Choi Yaku,which is used instead of stepping back, theukejumps in place while punching with a vertical punch.
• At the end of thekata,one can do a hidden spiritual movement calledShin Shin Taisha.AShin Shin Taishaor 'dead breath' is done by exhaling for fifteen seconds straight. At the end of theShin Shin Taishathe body should vibrate from stored tension. This technique used since the body is hard during the 7–13 second range and can take much damage.