I am currently learning pinan katas. I know it means peaceful mind. Why is this the name, and how is this achieved through kata? What source are you using to
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MIke

I am currently learning pinan katas. I know it means peaceful mind. Why is this the name, and how is this achieved through kata? What source are you using to
answer?:)

MIke

The Kanji for Pinnan are Pin=flat and an= safe.....there is a Chinese idiom.....
Yi Lu PingAn= One road safe trip (more or less) Possibly meaning flat roads are safer to travel on than roads that are in disrepair.
Anyway it means have a safe trip.

It was said by some master that knowing/mastering the 5 Pinnan kata would enable the person to defend against most attacks. I can't verify the truth in the saying or who actually said it but that is the popular theory.