Way of the Warrior - Shorinji Kempo, the New Way [4/4]

Part of a eight part series documentary on the Martial Arts of south and south east Asia, originally broadcast on the BBC in the early 1980s. The final episode! Follows the recently developed Shorinji Kempo form from Japan which has close ties to a new school of Buddhism. This episode follows the main temple on Shikoku Island and talks about the history of its founding and founder, its current state in Japanese society and the future of the form//religious school. Enjoy! Part 4 of 4 parts.

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[milkcat2005]

The swastica was an ancient Indian symbol before it was used by the Nazis. Shorinji Kempo is built on Buddhist ideology, where the symbol is known as a Manji. It represents the ideal harmoney between love and intellect. When facing left, it represents love and mercy, and when facing right, it represents strength and intelligence. The Nazis took the right facing manji and rotated it 45 degrees to create the swastica. It is NOT the same thing as a manji and Shorinji Kempo is NOT a racist society

[ShiftingFeet]

For this to be a cult it's followers would have to worship their leader, be systematically thought reformed, and they would have to be under heavy exploitation of their leaders.

Also, people more wary of cults are more likely to join one.

The pressure points demonstrated in this video appear to work by attacking the blood system, increasing blood pressure dramatically in one specific area.

As for striking them, yes an mma fighter would not be able to strike that precisely in a real fight.

[JayDee98765]

@griffitl In more ways than one.

[scarred10]

@griffitl it a joke becaue you cant hit a precise spot on a violently moving target while under severe stress yourself and under clothing.Japs are too full of suspicious shit to be logical,judo was created by an academic who understood rationality,thats why its very different to classical jujitsu

[griffitl]

@JayDee98765 pretty much hit the nail on the head JayDee

[griffitl]

@scarred10 kodokan Judo is also referred to Kano Jiu Jitsu b/c Judo was created by Jigoro Kano. Maeda was a student of Kano. Pressure point striking is not a joke dude. There are certain areas that are for example under the arm pit that you can strike and it makes your arm almost go to sleep. For you to say the Japanese are the last ones to be teaching fighting arts or self defense is crazy. Maeda taught the Gracies! There ideas on BJJ would have never came to be if NOT for Kano and Maeda.

[scarred10]

@griffitl maeda and the gracies thought jap jitsu and pressure point striking was a joke,maeda never did jujitsu,he did kodokan judo from the time he was a teenager and taught that to the gracies.

[griffitl]

@billysue2 Keyboard warrior if i ever seen one.... I do Kempo and Jiu Jitsu and found it very effective! Granted you cant always use a pressure point strike when your both about to square off and then sometimes you can. Depends on the situation!! I have been in plenty of street fights to know that Japanese Martial Arts work very well in Self Defense! As a boucner you get approached in the parking lot after hours too. Im sure Mitsuyo Maeda and the Gracies would disagree with you!

[rudderhardtoport]

this is one crazy ass class!!!! i wouldn't want to be here!

[ShanksmasterGeneral]

'the blow was not powerful...' disagree.

[Northbergh]

Damn, I would never dare attend something like that. Being knocked out by a master as a means of illustration is too crazy.

[SuckMyKintama]

Lol i was scared he would die before coming to.