Kwanku, Kushanku

[Brandon Fisher]

the kanku kata originate from a guy called kushanku aka kusanku, kosokun, kung shang kung. i'd imagine kung sun kun is just another alternative spelling of his name.

After finding that name in the encyclopedia that was my best best guess also.

I have only ever heard of kanku dai and kanku sho in shotokan

Kez,

Do some research on the history of the kanku kata its very interesting.

[bushido_man96]

I am a Korean stylist, but this form is unfamiliar to me. Is it a higher rank form? I haven't seen it in TKD, so maybe I am missing out.

[ps1]

Sounds like Kanku Dai/Kouh Shan Kouh/Kusanku/Kong San Goon. Its in almost all the karates and some of the korean arts like tsd and tkd in some form or another.[/quote=tufrthanu]

Here's the response with the actual answer I received on the Korean threads. It's actually called Kong San Goon. I simply had to know the answer because I had never heard of the kata migrating all the way to Korea. The way it's performed looked exactly as it is in Shotokan.

Here's tufrthanu says it came from:

you probably wouldnt find it in the Choi encyclopedia as I think that only has his Chang Hon set of forms in it. His original 1965 book, however, which I have, does list it in the back. [/quote=tufrthanu]

Here's the link to the thread.

http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=334997#334997