Pinan Yondan / Heian Yondan

== Pinan Yondan ==
Pinan Yondan, the fourth of the Pinans. Much of the kata appears to be related to attacking the elbow joint.
# 	Image	Description	Kata applications
1 	 	
* Turn to the left into nekoashi-dachi or in the Heian variants kokutsu-dachi.
* Beginning with both hands near the right hip, raise the right arm to head height with open hand and bent 90° elbow. In the Heian variant this is done slowly to indicate resistance.
* The left arm is raised to shoulder height, also bent 90°. This is kaisho haiwan-uke.	
2 	 	
* Drop both hands quickly below shoulder height and simultaneously turn clockwise 180°. Different styles drop the hands different distances, some to the hip, some to just below shoulder height. The Heian variant goes to the hip.	
3 	 	
* Turn to the right into nekoashi-dachi or in the Heian variants kokutsu-dachi.
* Beginning with both hands near the left hip, raise the left arm to head height with open hand and bent 90° elbow. In the heian variant this is done slowly to indicate resistance.
* The right arm is raised to shoulder height, also bent 90°. This is kaisho haiwan-uke.	
4 	 	
* Turn 90° anti-clockwise to the front and drop both arms to the hips, bring the left towards the right side of the body.	
5 	 	
* Execute juji-uke strongly as stepping forwards into zenkutsu-dachi with the left foot forwards.	
6 	 	
* Execute morote-uke strongly with the right hand and foot forwards.
* Simultaneously step forward into kokutsu-dachi (back stance).	
7 	 	
* Bring your back leg up to your right into heisoku-dach.
* Simultaneously bring your left hand across your body into koshi-kamae.	
8 	 	
* Turn 90° anti-clockwise and kick with mae-geri.
* The Heian variants don't turn, and use yoko-geri instead.	
9 	 	
* Drop the kicking left leg down into zenkutsu.dachi and execute mawashi-empi-uchi with your right arm.	
10	 	
* Bring your back leg up to your left into heisoku-dach.
* Simultaneously bring your right hand across your body into koshi-kamae.	
11	 	
* Turn 90° clockwise and kick with mae-geri.
* The Heian variants don't turn, and use yoko-geri instead.	
12	 	
* Drop the kicking left leg down into zenkutsu-dachi and execute mawashi-empi-uchi with your left arm.	
13	 	
* Not shown in the images:
* Turn 90° anti-clockwise into yoko-seishan-dachi.
* [Heian version] As you turn execute a shuto gedan-barai with your left arm and a shuto age-uke with your right.
* [Pinan version} use hidari-harai-te (left hand sweep) which is less obvious than the shuto-gedan-barai and shuto age-uke.
* Shown in the images:
* Follow the above immediately with :
* [Pinan version] Left hand shuto age-uke and right hand teisho-uke or nagashi-uke at jodan level.
* [Heian version] Left hand shuto age-uke and right hand jodan mawashi shuto-uchi.	
14	 	
* Execute mae-geri to the front.	
15	 	
* Execute otoshi-uraken-uchi with the right hand.	
16	 	
* Continue the uraken-uchi with the right hand and pull the left hand to the hip with hikite.	
17	 	
* [Pinan version] Turn anti-clockwise 225° into neko-ashi-dachi with left leg forward and execute uchi-ude-uke with the left arm.
* [Heian version] Turn anti-clockwise 225° into kokutsu-dachi with left leg forward and execute double block with both left and right arms.	
18	 	
* Kick mae-geri with right leg.	
19	 	
* Punch oi-tsuki with the right arm, and leg forward.
* Pull the left arm to the hip with hikite.	
20	 	
* Punch gyaku-tsuki with the left arm.
* Pull the right arm to the hip with hikite.	
21	 	
* [Pinan version] Turn clockwise 90° into neko-ashi-dachi with right leg forward and execute uchi-ude-uke with the right arm.
* [Heian version] Turn clockwise 90° into kokutsu-dachi with right leg forward and execute double block with both left and right arms.	
22	 	
* Kick mae-geri with left leg.	
23	 	
* Punch oi-tsuki with the left arm, and leg forward.
* Pull the right arm to the hip with hikite.	
24	 	
* Punch gyaku-tsuki with the right arm.
* Pull the left arm to the hip with hikite.	
25	 	
* uchi-ude-uke to the front in nekoashi-dachi with the left arm and leg forward.
* [Heian variant] morote-uke to the front in kokutsu-dachi with the left arm and leg forward.
* Some styles use uchi-ude-uke and some use morote-uke.	
26	 	
* uchi-ude-uke to the front in nekoashi-dachi with the right arm and leg forward.
* [Heian variant] morote-uke to the front in kokutsu-dachi with the right arm and leg forward.
* Some styles use uchi-ude-uke and some use morote-uke.	
27	 	
* uchi-ude-uke to the front in nekoashi-dachi with the left arm and leg forward.
* [Heian variant] morote-uke to the front in kokutsu-dachi with the left arm and leg forward.
* Some styles use uchi-ude-uke and some use morote-uke.	
28	 	
* Raise both hands to around head height then bring them down sharply. Typically they are closer together than in the image used.	
29	 	
* Bring your right knee up in a hiza-uchi.
* Turn 180° anti-clockwise as you step down.	
30	 	
* [Pinan variant] Turn 45° to the left and execute shuto-uke in nekoashi-dachi with left hand and leg forward.
* [Heian variant] Execute shuto-uke in kokutsu-dachi with left hand and leg forward.	
31	 	
* [Pinan variant] Turn 45° to the right and execute shuto-uke in nekoashi-dachi with right hand and leg forward.
* [Heian variant] Execute shuto-uke in kokutsu-dachi with right hand and leg forward.	
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