Karate

**dezhen2001** · 08-08-2003, 11:17 AM

shorinji kempo isnt karate!!!!

i studied it for 5 years and shotokan too... the body movement and power generation is totally different....

but its a frikkin good style

just to clear that up

dawood

**Surferdude** · 08-08-2003, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by chen zhen
lol, did'nt even see that..

I looked more on the ponytail with the Karate-kid bandana around his head..

That too.......or mullets!!!

**chen zhen** · 08-08-2003, 04:13 PM

OK, thanks for the correction Dez.

**dezhen2001** · 08-09-2003, 05:31 AM

no problem buddy...

if you read the history of the style, the founder Doshin So actually studied kung fu in china (in Japanese Shorin Giwamonken or something i think, not sure what it is in chinese), as well as some other Japanese arts. But didnt study Karate at all, or at least if he did in a very limited exposure.

The HQ of the Shorinji Kempo organisation was set up on one of the Southern Islands in 1947 (forget which one), not on the "mainland" as it were. The one directly south of Kyushu i think

I know from my own practise that Kempo emphasises full body movement and full twist/extension of the waist and hips to generate power for the front and back punch etc. More like boxing in a way. They also dont at all bring the hands to the hips like karate do, instead having an actual guard

Also when punching, the hand is not rotated like the standard karate punch, instead it is a vertical fist. Some small differences, but i think u see what i mean...

Its a heck of a lot more "fluid" than karate is, and the way those dudes can flow from striking to grappling and throwing is pretty friggin cool if u ask me

When i first met my friend at work who became my sensei, he was only a 1st dan in Kempo and took me apart even though he had only been training 6 years to my almost 10

dawood

**chen zhen** · 08-09-2003, 09:04 AM

I saw some Shorinji people at a french MA demo (in tv

), adn they were frikkin great. I'll try to find more, and I think I'll make a thread dedicated to it.

**dezhen2001** · 08-09-2003, 12:32 PM

go for it, its good stuff...

if u go over to e0budo there are probably plenty of threads on it coz a regular poster there called Steve Williams is actually the highest ranked british guy in Shorinji

dawood

**Surferdude** · 08-10-2003, 08:32 AM

Originally posted by chen zhen
I saw some Shorinji people at a french MA demo (in tv), adn they were frikkin great. I'll try to find more, and I think I'll make a thread dedicated to it.

Theres MA in France????

Or were the people just french???

**chen zhen** · 08-10-2003, 08:39 AM

MA is more popular in france than in any other country in the world.
I think theres like 1 million Judo practicioners alone

(or maybe it was 0.5 million, doesnt matter really

)

**Surferdude** · 08-10-2003, 12:20 PM

Yes!!! Gonna go over there and beat em all in a competion and get banned from France!!!!!!!

**chen zhen** · 08-10-2003, 12:32 PM

Ur a freak, u know dat?

-cz

**Surferdude** · 08-13-2003, 09:59 AM

Yep

**chen zhen** · 08-13-2003, 10:04 AM

Try to be more serious around here some times, u know? I like you, but u will be more respected if u do this.
I'm speaking of personal experience.

**Surferdude** · 08-13-2003, 11:07 AM

ok

**chen zhen** · 08-13-2003, 11:18 AM

Just look at my "stabbed to death" thread. It went horribly wrong.

**Surferdude** · 08-13-2003, 11:24 AM

Yea I know

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