AHNAN TOMARI-TE
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Compared to the Shotokan and Uchinadi curricula, the originality of the Ahnan Tomari-te安南泊手 program from the 9th kyu to the 5th dan of the ATKO is due to a high number of renzoku連続 or motor combinations, of goshin護身 or self-defense techniques, of yakusoku kumite約束組手 or pre-established fighting techniques, of koryu waza古流技 or ancient techniques, of taolu套路 or sequences that give particular fluidity to the movements together with several “lost” kata of Okinawa. The curriculum from the 6th dan has further insights focusing on combat management and various Chinese forms related to Taoist animals that come from both the Waijia外家 and Neijia内家 programs. Opposed to the hard and external martial arts or Waijia, the soft and internal ones or Neijia, they are so defined because they come from the Neijing内經 repertoire, the oldest Chinese book attributed to Huangdì, the mythical Yellow Emperor.