Motobu Choki 本部 朝基 was famed for his Naihanchi

Also Naihanchin; also 内範置 or 鉄騎. In Shōtōkan, Tekki 鉄騎 (Iron horse).

Classic Okinawan kata.

Yabu Kentsū 屋部 憲通 said, "Karate begins and ends with Naihanchi."

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Naihanchi Shodan

Matsubayashi ryū 松林流

Shitō ryū 糸東流

Wadō ryū 和道流: Ōtsuka Hironori 大塚浩記

Shinjinbukan: Onaga Michiko, rokudan (biographical note on Onaga)