Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Kankû Shô

Please remember: none of videos and books can replace a practice in dôjô!

Kankû Shô (観空小) - "Looking to the Sky - Small" ("Взгляд в небо - малый вариант").

Many versions of Kushanku (Kankû) kata are known in Shuri Te. Kankû Dai was the favourite kata of Funakoshi Gichin Sensei.

Kankû Shô was derived from Kankû Dai by Itosu Yasutsune.

Tora Jo dôjô: Some notes on Kankû Shô

Books:
Nakayama Masatoshi "Best Karate. Vol. 9. Bassai Shô, Kankû Shô, Chinte"
Hirokazu Kanazawa "Shotokan Karate International Kata (Vol. 2)"
Fiore Tartaglia "Shôtôkan-Kata ab dem Schwarzgurt"

Internet:
THE SHOTOKAN WAY – The Online Shotokan Karate Magazine: Kankû Shô

Videos:
Kankû Shô performed by Takayuki Mikami Sensei in the JKA kata film (1960)