Nihanchi is one of the oldest Kata (16th Century possibly much older) and also one of the most wide spread, it is taught in the Wado syllabus after Kushanku usually to 3rd Kyu students and above, although in other systems the katas is taught befor ethe pinans as a base kata. The Kata's origins are some what hazey, but generally held to be of Chinese root. It is also held to be true that Nihanchi is a representation of a comple fighting system in its own right. Hinonori Otsuka writes in his book "Wado Ryu Karate" the kata would take more than one life time to master.
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