Some businesses[who?] have taken off the "Dai" with the title, calling it only "Kanku", as there is no "Sho" or other alternate Kanku variation practiced in kyokushin. The Kanku kata was initially referred to as Kusanku or Kushanku, which is thought to own either been taught by, or motivated by, a Chinese martialartist who was despatched to Okinawa