Chintà  (é®æ±) (In Shotokan, Gankaku (岩鶴)) is an advanced kata practiced in many styles of karate. According to legend, it is named after a stranded Chinese sailor (or pirate), sometimes referred to as Annan, whose ship crashed on the Okinawan coast. To survive, Chintà  kept stealing from the crops of the local people. Matsumura Sà Âkon, a Karate master and chief bodyguard to the Ryà «kyà «an king, was sent to defeat Chintà Â. In the ensuing fight; however, Matsumura found himself equally matched by the stranger, and consequently sought to learn his techniques.
Its understood the kata Chintà  was well known to the early Tomari-te and Shuri-te schools of karate. Matsumura Sà Âkon was an early practitioner of the Shuri-te style. When Gichin Funakoshi brought karate to Japan, he renamed Chintà  (meaning approximately "fighter to the east") to Gankaku (meaning "crane on a rock"), possibly to avoid anti-Chinese sentiment of the time. He also included the use of high side kicks (yoko keri keage) instead of the original front kicks (mae- geri keage) and modified the actual pattern of movement, or embusen, to a more linear layout, similar to the other Shotokan kata. It is sometimes said that Chintà  should be performed while facing eastwards due to its name, however, this could equally be a reference to its origins and the legend of Sà Âkon and Chintà Â.
The kata is very dynamic, employing a diverse number of stances (including the uncommon crane stance), unusual strikes of rapidly varying height, and a rare one-footed pivot. Today, Chintà  is practiced in many karate styles like: Isshin-ryà «, Wado-ryà «, Shà «kà Âkai, Isshin Kempo, Chità Â-ryà «, Shà Ârin-ryà «, Shità Â-ryà «, Okinawa Kenpo, Shotokan, , Gensei-ryà «, Goshin Kagen Goju Matsubayashi-ryà «, Bushikan-Ryu Karate, and Yà Âshà «kai. Chinto is also practiced in Tang Soo Do Soo Bahk Do where itâÂÂs known as Jin Do or Jin Tae.