Martial Arts: Shorinji Kempo
Shorinji Kempo was adapted from Chinese Kempo and is widely practiced in Japan. Shorinji Kempo combines religion, meditation and martial arts. It teaches a variety of techniques with striking and kicking as well as some Aikido style throws, locks and holds. Some Shorinji Kempo schools also teach a variety of healing methods.
Although Shorinji Kempo is a very complete and effective martial arts sytem, it is not as popular in the West as Karate, mainly because of the strong emphasis on religion and meditation.
Origin of Shorinji Kempo: Japan
Founder of Shorinji Kempo: So Doshin in 1947
September 18th, 2005 at 11:57 pm
Helo, i’m very suprised that no one ever posted about shorinji kempo in this website,unlike other site. I’m a 2nd Dan Tae Kwon Do ITF, when i first le […] more
May 14th, 2006 at 7:36 am
I’m a Shorinji Kenshi of 21 years standing, currently holding the rank of 3rd dan. I would just like to say that when you say “religion” in your brief […] more
July 5th, 2006 at 8:00 am
I have some short english info on my site. More to come! Regards, Robert
December 30th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
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November 14th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Shorinjiryu Kempo(young forrest temple lineage of the way of the fist) is the appropriate term and is based off of the shaolin system. It’s founder Do […] more