Suparinpei
Sūpārinpei
kanji: 壱百零八手
altname1: Peichurin
altkanji1: 百歩連
altname2: Becchurin
altkanji2: 百歩連
origin: China
creator: Unknown
createdon: Unknown
learnt at: Sandan (Black Belt)
description: Suparinpei
The penultimate kata of Goju Ryu.
Name Meaning
The name Suparinpei means "108 Hands" and is composed of the characters "One"（壱）, "Hundred"（百）, "Zero"（零）, "Eight"（八）, and "Hand"（手）. This number has significance in Buddhism, some of the details of which can be read here.
Morio Higaonna Sensei has said that the "hand" character represents native Okinawan martial arts, known as "te" or "ti"（手）.
Kata History
Originally this kata had 3 versions, ko, chu and jo （小・中・上）, however Chojun Miyagi decided to only teach the jo version, which is the most difficult/advanced version. This kata is also known by a few other names, such as Peichurin and Becchurin.