I assure you it is not a fake. Aosaka Sensei is the head of the French Shorinji Kempo association, and the European Chief Instructor. He was All Japan Randori Champion for several years. He is personally known to me. If you buy any of the official Shorinji Kempo videos you/ll see him demonstrating several techniques. The short stick he used was given to him by the founder, So Doshin. He broke it recently.
The fact that the commentator is talking garbage is another matter.
@Chonoryokusha Well I grew up in india, where this symbol and word originated, and these two symbols are used interchangeably there. The only possible difference this can make is if you add any taoist aspect to this, but original usage wise they are the exact same.
Actually, the direction of the manji used in Shorinji Kempo means "peace", whereas the reversed direction used by the Nazis means "strength". So they are not actually the same.
@MrOtisJu just so you know manji=swastika exact same origin just manji is the japanese word and swastika is the sanskrit word. they mean the exact same thing. the direction of the rotation is used interchangedly and only recently they have started making the differentiation. but nevertheless use by the nazis does not make it a nazi symbol.
lol this is funny
MrLittlefury 5 months ago
@nipponnbanzai
I assure you it is not a fake. Aosaka Sensei is the head of the French Shorinji Kempo association, and the European Chief Instructor. He was All Japan Randori Champion for several years. He is personally known to me. If you buy any of the official Shorinji Kempo videos you/ll see him demonstrating several techniques. The short stick he used was given to him by the founder, So Doshin. He broke it recently.
The fact that the commentator is talking garbage is another matter.
roblegge1 6 months ago
SHOW
mrheitor1959 9 months ago
that looks like a stick of rawhide
iprimateman 9 months ago
@Chonoryokusha Well I grew up in india, where this symbol and word originated, and these two symbols are used interchangeably there. The only possible difference this can make is if you add any taoist aspect to this, but original usage wise they are the exact same.
KOGR11 10 months ago
@KOGR11
Actually, the direction of the manji used in Shorinji Kempo means "peace", whereas the reversed direction used by the Nazis means "strength". So they are not actually the same.
Chonoryokusha 10 months ago
@MrOtisJu just so you know manji=swastika exact same origin just manji is the japanese word and swastika is the sanskrit word. they mean the exact same thing. the direction of the rotation is used interchangedly and only recently they have started making the differentiation. but nevertheless use by the nazis does not make it a nazi symbol.
KOGR11 1 year ago
Bullshit it aint a swastica. You need an education.
lococavasa 1 year ago
It is originaly the same
I know the Tokyo Collage Shorinji Kempo team leader
nipponnbanzai 2 years ago
@nipponnbanzai Wrong, Shorinji Kempo symbol is a Manji, heading to left, not a svastika which heads to right.
The manji have been replaced by the WSKO logo in Europe because it is too similar to the Nazi symbol.
Besides, you may have recognized Aosaka Senseï, who is So Doshin's pupil and SK technical director for Europe.
MrOtisJu 2 years ago