With over 300 detailed pictures Ananko Kata Form & Function shows how a kata can be deciphered, analysed and practised allowing it to become an effective tool for a physical confrontation. This book not only crosses the boundaries of karate styles, but also any martial art, allowing the practitioner with varying levels of ability to take what they need from it, use it for their own study, thus building a solid foundation from which to grow. This book isn't about the Ananko Kata or the Bunkai, it is more about a Martial Arts Instructor on his own personal journey, that has required him to remove the blinkers of a single style and approach his art and training laterally, which is how our founding fathers of this beautiful world of Martial Arts intended us all to study and grow-Al Peasland