Pinan Godan is a karate kata consisting of 23 moves with explanations. The kata involves a series of blocks, punches, strikes and stances performed individually and in combination. Key moves include left and right middle blocks followed by reverse punches, hammer strikes, lunging punches, elbow strikes, and double fisted downward blocks. Stances incorporated are cat, forward, back, and horse riding stances. The kata finishes with right and left lower blocks followed by back punches.

1. Pinan Godan
Walk through with explanation underneath.
1. Rei.
2. Yoi.
3. Look left. Turn 90 degrees to the left into hidari shomen nekoashi dachi (left front-
facing cat stance) while performing a hidari soto uke (left middle block), then
executing migi gyaku zuki (right reverse punch).
4. Bring the right foot in towards the left and turn the hips to the right bringing both
feet together while simultaneously bringing the right fist back to the hip and the left
arm across the front of the body at chudan level in a ready position.
5. Look right. Turn 90 degrees to the right into migi shomen nekoashi dachi (right
front-facing cat stance) while performing a migi soto uke (right middle block), then
executing hidari gyaku zuki (left reverse punch).
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2. 6. Bring the left foot in towards the right and turn the hips to the left bringing both feet
together while simultaneously bringing the left fist back to the hip and the right arm
across the front of the body at chudan level in a ready position.
7. Step forward with the right into migi mahanmi no nekoashi dachi (right side-facing
cat stance) while performing a migi soto uke with left fist covering the solar plexus.
8. Step forward with the left foot into hidari zenkutsu dachi (left forward stance) while
drawing back both hands to kamae, then driving the fists out to perform juji uke
(double fisted downward block), right over left.
9. Bring the fists up across the chest then drive them upwards into shuto jodan juji uke
(knife-hand upper X-block). Twist the hands onto the opponents trapped arm and
pull the hands down to right kamae while tilting the head to the left for protection.
Hands will be at the waist with both hands open, left on top and palm facing down,
and right palm facing up.
10. Perform hidari yoko tettsui uchi (left sideward hammer strike).
11. Step forward into migi zenkutsu dachi (right forward stance) while performing migi
jun-zuki (right lunge punch) and KIAI.
12. Begin withdrawing the right fist to the right side of the face, palm in, while drawing
the right foot towards the left. This leads directly to the next move.
13. Turn 270 degrees to the left into kiba dachi (horse riding stance) while performing
migi gedan barai (right downward block) to the right side.
14. Bring the left foot into shizen hontai (normal natural stance) and perform hidari
gedan barai (left lower block) to the left side.
15. Step the right foot forward into migi zenkutsu dachi, while performing migi yoko
empi uchi (right sideward elbow strike).
16. Simultaneously slide the left foot forward into migi gyaku nekoashi dachi right
reverse cat stance) while performing migi jodan ude uke , simultaneously bring the
left hand, palm down, in front of the solar plexus.
17. Slide left foot backwards while lowering both arms to chudan level. Immediately
twist 90 degrees to left, into hidari kokutsu dachi (left back stance) while
performing migi ura-zuki (right back punch) jodan while the left fist is palm down,
covering the solar plexus.
18. Jump, raising the feet as close to the buttocks as possible, and spin 180 degrees to
the left, landing in a very low hidari gyaku nekoashi dachi (left reverse cat stance)
while performing juji uke as you land.( downward double fisted block)
19. Turn 90 degrees to the right into migi zenkutsu dachi while performing migi jodan
morote uke (right augmented upper inside block). and KIAI.
20. Turn 90 degrees to the left into hidari kokutsu dachi while performing hidari gedan
barai and pulling the migi ura-zuki back up and past the right ear. This is a block to
the rear, and is fully extended as a punch, then retracted such that the right elbow is
a little higher than perpendicular to the ground.
21. Bring the left foot in towards the right until the heels touch. Step out 45 degrees to
the right crossing the hands to get more power into the block, shifting in to migi
kokutsu dachi while simultaneously performing migi gedan barai and hidari ura-
zuki. Draw in the right leg until the heels touch.
22. Yame.
23. Rei.
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