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Ananku
Ananku (meaning unclear)
JapaneseKarate
Meaning
Short Shorin-ryu kata attributed to Chotoku Kyan, who is said to have learned it in Taiwan; practised especially in Matsubayashi-ryu and other Kyan-lineage schools.
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