Naihanchi "body-changes" (内蟠地転身)

Naihanchi kata [内蟠地型 or ナイハンチ型] has apparently simple footwork moving side to side using a "horse-stance" (naihanchi-dachi) [内蟠地立] and a "cross-stance" (kosa-dachi) [交差立]. However the horse-stance and cross-stance are used in application by rotating the body as one assumes these stances. In Shorin ryu these evasive body rotations are often referred to as "body-changes." "Body-change" is the

Naihanchi kata [内蟠地型 or ナイハンチ型] has apparently simple footwork moving side to side using a "horse-stance" (naihanchi-dachi) [内蟠地立] and a "cross-stance" (kosa-dachi) [交差立]. However the horse-stance and cross-stance are used in application by rotating the body as one assumes these stances. In Shorin ryu these evasive body rotations are often referred to as "body-changes." "Body-change" is the