First performance, by James Towle of Zanshin Black Belt Academy, the next video is heian nidan performed slowly, the third video shows several of the combinations, slow and fast, from the side. The fourth video is self defence applications for the first 3 moves and the last video is a clip of the Zanshin junior squad training.

Heian Nidan , translates as peaceful mind second level, Heian Nidan is the second of a series of five Heian kata, for the first time it incorporates uraken (back fist), Yoko Geri Keage (side snap Kick), Nukite (spear hand), uchi uke (inside forearm block), gyakuzuki (reverse punch) and moroto uchi uke 9augmented forearm block).

Heian Nidan is the required kata when testing for 7th kyu (Yellow Belt) at Zanshin Black Belt Academy.

Coming Soon. All kata slow, fast, applications, kata filmed from different angles and articles about each kata and its performance.