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Shorinji Kempo was founded in Japan in 1947 by a Japanese named So Doshin \u5b97 \u9053\u81e3. We often call him Kaiso, which means founder. You can read more about Shorinji Kempo’s history here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shorinji Kempo has three main objectives of its training, these are goshin rentan<\/em><\/strong> \u8b77\u8eab\u7df4\u80c6 (ability in self-defence), seishin sh\u016by\u014d<\/em><\/strong> \u7cbe\u795e\u4fee\u990a (mental development) and kenko s\u014dshin<\/em><\/strong> \u5065\u5eb7\u5897\u9032 (improved health). It also has two main objectives of the training, jiko kakuritsu<\/em><\/strong> \u81ea\u5df1\u78ba\u7acb (to build up one\u2019s own self) and jita ky\u014draku<\/em><\/strong> \u81ea\u4ed6\u5171\u697d (mutual happiness for oneself and others). You can read more about what Shorinji Kempo is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shorinji Kempo is not only fighting techniques, but focuses on the training of both body and mind. The two most important characteristics is ken zen ichinyo<\/em><\/strong> \u62f3\u7985\u4e00\u5982 (unity of body and mind), which describes the method of training and riki ai funi<\/em><\/strong> \u529b\u611b\u4e0d\u4e8c (strength and love in harmony) that describes the proper way to act and to live. You can read more about Shorinji Kempo’s characteristics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The technical side is composed of three main parts. These are: The actual training in Shorinji Kempo can be divided into four equally important elements. These are kihon<\/em><\/strong> \u57fa\u672c, h\u014dkei<\/em><\/strong> \u6cd5\u5f62, embu<\/em><\/strong> \u6f14\u6b66 and randori<\/em><\/strong> \u4e71\u6355\u308a. You can read more about Shorinji Kempo’s techniques here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shorinji Kempo was founded in Japan in 1947 by a Japanese named So Doshin \u5b97 \u9053\u81e3. We often call him Kaiso, which means founder. You can read more about Shorinji […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1699","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1699"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1699\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nG\u014dh\u014d<\/em><\/strong> \u525b\u6cd5, or hard methods, which include punches, kicks, blocks, etc.
\nJ\u016bh\u014d<\/em><\/strong> \u67d4\u6cd5, or soft methods, which involves techniques when an opponent grabs one and performing releases, take-downs, throws, pins, etc.
\nSeih\u014d<\/em><\/strong> \u6574\u6cd5, roughly means correcting methods and techniques to build up the body. In essence, it means acupressure massage and simpler form of bone correction (primarily the spine).<\/p>\n