Byakuren Karate

Byakuren Karate Naha, Okinawa Demo

In 1984, Masayasu Sugihara, student of the late So Doshin-Kancho who was the founder of Shorinji Kempo, obtained sanction from the International Karate Kempo Federation to teach a new system of fighting which is known as Byakuren. Sugihara had been one of So Doshin-Kancho's most powerful and feared fighters, serving as a personal bodyguard to the founder of Shorinji-Kempo. In the true Samurai Spirit, Byakuren is based upon Shorinji-Kempo and has been refined as a full-contact fighting style of karate that still, today, continues to evolve as a leading martial art under transition from Maser Shihan Sugihara-Kancho.

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• Byakuren
• Karate
• 白蓮会館
• 沖縄空手Kyoukushin
• フルコン
• 沖縄
• okinawa
• enshin
• ashihara

[boricua96319]

I agree it may look similar but like I said the founder participated in full contact tournaments when he was younger which influenced him when he started his own school.

[boricua96319]

I never said it's Shorinji Kempo. The founder of my school was a student of Doshin So and I'm pretty sure you didn't know Doshin So. So how would you know who was or was not his body guard.

[boricua96319]

Read some of the comments below or go to the Canadian Byakuren Karate website. It has some good info.

[boricua96319]

Kancho Sugihara was awarded a 6th degree in Shorinji Kempo. In the video you see Go-ho techniques (striking) We aslo have Ju-ho techniques that resemble Shorinji's.

[boricua96319]

w0lf13, Yeah I think shorinji kempo is a good martial art but I perfer full contact. I like the training byakuren karate has to offer.

[boricua96319]

That is one of the things that I was trying to explain that Byakuren's foundation was shorinji kempo which has both Juho waza (joint lock and throws) and Goho waza (striking techniques) along with other aspects of shorinji kempo. Either way I enjoyed taken Byakuren Karate. I've also would like study a little bit of Enshin or even Ashihara.

[blugularis]

@boricua96319 osu, I have studied Enshin and Ashihara, and it looks very similar to this video, also, the fightng kata, reminds me of Enshin and Ashihara. I briefly took Shorinji Kempo from two instructors in Idaho, one was a Nidan from Japan, the other one seemed to have his Shorinji Kempo more adapted to Japan tournament points style, like the Wado I took.

[x69xSeraphisse]

Since I have no idea what you guys are saying, I'm just gonna make a little Touhou joke.

You should have used Byakuren Hijiri's theme for the music.

[cumanagoto]

Enshin derives from Ashihara. Both Enshin and Ashihara derive from Kyokushin. Most jissen kumite styles of Japan look alike as far as their fighting techniques.

[cumanagoto]

Sugihara Kancho was indeed a student of Doshin So Kancho. After Sugihara left the Shorinji Kempo group he entered many Kyokushin karate tournaments. Sugihara is known as the "fighting Kancho." He fought several Jissen Kumite championships while in his late 30's and early 40's. All you have to do is go to his Hombu Dojo to find the truth.

[Ade357]

Because I've been to the Shorinji kempo hombu several times and talked, and listened, to Doshin So's senior students (the ones who were pushing his wheelchair) Senseis like Yamasaki, Arai, Kawachima and others.

Doshin So didn't need bodyguards so I am starting to doubt your founders claims.

[Bluknight88]

He was So Doshins bodyguard actually

[JumokKhan]

there using the sabaki method lol

so whats the differeance from this than Enshin karatedo?

looks like they were Enhin or ashihara students

[burzum19861986]

yes you are right

old okinawan karate tournaments include full contact fights with rules similar to kyukushin, and some full contact fights with very small gloves and punchs to the head

so its easy to find a lot of fights that are other styles of karate but look like kyokushin

[karateee]

Osu I must agree with you I train in Kyokushin and Fight in many Enshin Karate tournaments and this is a striking similarity. But keep in mind that the rules of fighting in traditional full-contact karate (with no punches to the face) is accepted all around japan and the martial art that trains to fight this way is going to all look similar. There are many traditional Okinawan and Japanese styles that resemble kyokushin because they follow the same Kumite rules