Shorinji Kempo Greates Embu

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[Sirius944]

Thanks a lot, Hello From Venzuela Branch

[12345678971861]

very-very good

[lastdaysguitar]

I had the the great honor of training in this art a few times during the late 70's thru 80's with Kazuo Hirayama (7th dan) when he would visit Minnesota - it is an amazing, very tough (i.e.: expect pain), and most of all EFFECTIVE art, while not classified as Jujitsu, what I learned in Shorinji Kempo helped everything I did in jujitsu and judo!

Keith Schwartz

Sensei (retired) White Bear Judo & Jujitsu

6th dan jujitsu; 5th dan Judo

[clownman6007]

Reeaally wonderful embu...!!

I like this embu bcause of its great variation in waza...

[quanfa88]

@monkeeboy08 Thank you for the compliment, but I only have rudimentary knowledge. Doshin So's teachings are very inspiring. My original point was just that, while this system originated with Chinese martial arts, it no longer resembles them. Its core foundation of stances, structure, and movement are very Japanese in character.

[monkeeboy08]

@quanfa88 youve done your research. im impressed. it was an accumulation of all that Kaiso Doshin So learned from the Chinese while he was a covert operative stationed in Manchuria before the Soviet invasion. His teachings are very inspiring.

[quanfa88]

@Ballowall You are confusing American Kenpo with Shorinji Kempo. There are many styles of Kenpo/Kempo, as Kenpo/Kempo, written in Chinese characters, is 拳法 (Quan Fa), an old Chinese term for martial arts. American Kenpo is a system amalgamated in the Hawai'ian islands, originally blended from Chinese and Japanese systems, later modified by Americans (i.e. Ed Parker, etc). Shorinji Kempo was created by a Japanese secret agent who went to Northeast China and learned Chinese martial arts.

[Ballowall]

@quanfa88 Kenpo is a style of American Karate with Chinese influence. Its not a Chinese system.

[quanfa88]

@yamals1 Perhaps you studied a different Shaolin version. The foot positions and core body mechanics (for strikes, kicks, blocks, throws, etc.) utilized by these practitioners is rather different from those in the Chinese system I study.

[yamals1]

@quanfa88 True, the stances are much different as far as hand/arm placement, but the check the positioning of the feet. Also, fundamental movement of the feet, strikes, kicks, and joint manipulation/throws are extremely close. I actually studied both and due to its similarities, I was able to progress in technique fairly quickly.

[mymdisk]

少林寺拳法の技を使ったアクション演出であり、技術的なことや演­武の構成としては評価が低いところです。