{"id":1797,"date":"2011-11-14T03:16:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T02:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/?page_id=1797"},"modified":"2018-01-04T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T12:32:52","slug":"techniques-of-shorinji-kempo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/about-shorinji-kempo\/techniques-of-shorinji-kempo\/","title":{"rendered":"Techniques of Shorinji Kempo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The technical side of Shorinji Kempo consists of three main parts. These are: G\u014dh\u014d<\/em> \u525b\u6cd5, or hard methods, which include tsuki<\/em> \u7a81\u304d\u00a0(strikes), keri<\/em> \u8e74\u308a\u00a0(kicks), uchi<\/em> \u6253\u3061\u00a0(hammers), kiri<\/em> \u5207\u308a\u00a0(cuts), kawashi\u00a0<\/em>\u304b\u308f\u3057\u00a0(evasions), etc. J\u016bh\u014d<\/em> \u67d4\u6cd5, or soft methods, means techniques when an opponent grabs hold you and one do shuh\u014d<\/em> \u5b88\u6cd5 (defence methods), nuki waza<\/em> \u629c\u304d\u6280 (release techniques), gyaku waza<\/em> \u9006\u6280 (reverse techniques), nage waza<\/em> \u6295\u6280 (throwing techniques), katame waza<\/em> \u56fa\u6280 (pins), etc. Seih\u014d<\/em> \u6574\u6cd5, roughly means correcting methods and is techniques to recover the body. In essence, it means acupressure massage and simple forms of bone correcting (primarily the spine). Shorinji Kempo is mainly practised in pairs, with one person taking the role of attacker and the other practice the technique itself, then one switch roles. Shorinji Kempo provides techniques against all possible types of attacks, which can be adapted depending on the situation.<\/p>\n

Parts of the Training System<\/h2>\n

The actual training in Shorinji Kempo can be divided into four equally important parts. These are kihon<\/em> \u57fa\u672c<\/strong>, h\u014dkei<\/em> \u6cd5\u5f62<\/strong>, randori<\/em> \u4e71\u6355\u308a (uny\u014dh\u014d<\/em> \u904b\u7528\u6cd5)<\/strong> and embu<\/em> \u6f14\u6b66<\/strong>. Each part is equally important and in order to be able to improve one’s skills one must devote time to each part in the training. Kihon<\/em><\/strong>, which can be translated to basics, is training to master the basic way to move the body and perform individual movements, punches, kicks, blocks etc.<\/p>\n

H\u014dkei<\/em><\/strong> is the performing various self defence techniques. Through training of h\u014dkei<\/em> one learn the basic principles of Shorinji Kempo techniques, especially physical principles, and it gives an understanding of the movements in the techniques. Randori<\/em><\/strong> (uny\u014dh\u014d<\/em>, application method) means the study of how to apply methods of (uny\u014dh\u014d<\/em>) of h\u014dkei<\/em>. It is a process of testing how skilled one are at using h\u014dkei<\/em> and making combinations of them (strategy, senjutsu<\/em> \u6226\u8853). The goal is to clearly identify the gaps in one’s own technical skills and overcome them. Embu<\/em><\/strong> (which can be translated as “demonstrate fight”) means that together with a training partner take the basic h\u014dkei<\/em> that one have learned and then changing roles of attacker and defender, so that both can be the one executing the technique as well as the one receiving the techniques. One work together in creative ways to combine one technique to another and then put together the techniques to a demonstration.<\/p>\n

About kihon<\/em> practice<\/h2>\n

Kihon<\/em> (basics) are all individual techniques such as tsuki<\/em> (strikes), keri<\/em> (kicks) and uke<\/em> (blocks) and kamae<\/em> \u69cb\u3048\u00a0(body positions), sokuih\u014d<\/em> \u8db3\u4f4d\u6cd5 (ways to stand), umpoh\u014d<\/em> \u904b\u6b69\u6cd5 (footwork) and taisabaki<\/em> \u4f53\u634c (body movements). Kihon<\/em> are the basic elements that make up Shorinji Kempo techniques. The key to kihon<\/em> is to train a conscious movement and change it to an instinctive movement. The goal of solo kihon<\/em> training of tsuki<\/em>, keri<\/em>, uke<\/em> and other movements that we take for granted is to develop them into a personal repertoire of Shorinji Kempo movements.<\/p>\n

About h\u014dkei<\/em> practice<\/h2>\n

Fixed patterns of movements in martial arts is often referred to as kata<\/em> (\u578b or \u5f62), or “form” in English (kata<\/em> is an alternative reading of kei<\/em>, which is the second character in h\u014dkei<\/em> \u6cd5\u5f62). Written with the character \u578b kata<\/em> express the shape of a clay “mold”. When kata<\/em> is written with the character \u5f62, it was in ancient times used to describe different “patterns” of military strategy. The key to the significance of practising Shorinji Kempo is that there is a path (a tool) to understand the meaning of ken zen ichinyo<\/em> \u62f3\u7985\u4e00\u5982 and jita ky\u014draku<\/em> \u81ea\u4ed6\u5171\u697d. That’s why we use the character for “pattern” and call it h\u014dkei<\/em> (law-pattern) and we consider the name a clue to the true meaning of h\u014dkei<\/em>. Training of h\u014dkei<\/em> take the skills learned in kihon<\/em> in solo practice as its base and is designed to enable a move in response to an opponent’s movements. One have to get one’s body to learn the elements that can not be learned in solo practice, how maai<\/em> \u9593\u5408 (distance) works, how to use kyojitsu<\/em> \u865a\u5b9f and how to capture kikai<\/em> \u6a5f\u4f1a (opportunity) in attack and defence.<\/p>\n

About randori<\/em> practice<\/h2>\n
\"Uny\u014dh\u014d\/randori<\/a>

Uny\u014dh\u014d\/randori with b\u014dgu (protectors)<\/p><\/div>\n

Randori<\/em> \u4e71\u6355\u308a\u00a0is a training method to learn on how to apply (uny\u014dh\u014d<\/em> \u904b\u7528\u6cd5, application method) h\u014dkei<\/em>. As kenshi one need not only to train the basic techniques and h\u014dkei<\/em>, but one also need train to face an opponent in order to learn maai<\/em> \u9593\u5408 (distance) and to smoothly switch from one technique to another. Randori<\/em>\/uny\u014dh\u014d<\/em> is also an opportunity to test the knowledge one has built up in kihon<\/em> and h\u014dkei<\/em>.<\/p>\n

However, depending on how randori<\/em> is practised, one can slip into focusing only on winning, on defeating one’s opponent, and then the training is no longer to overcome oneself. Always practice randori<\/em> as a way to achieve jiko kakuritsu<\/em> \u81ea\u5df1\u78ba\u7acb (“building up one’s own self”) and to develop a spirit of jita ky\u014draku<\/em> \u81ea\u4ed6\u5171\u697d (“mutual happiness for oneself and others”). Whether training is conducted with or without b\u014dgu<\/em> \u9632\u5177 (protectors), you must always be very careful about safety in order to avoid injuries.<\/p>\n

About embu<\/em> practice<\/h2>\n

When you meet different variations of the attack from an opponent, it is important to respond with an appropriate techniques. Embu<\/em> practice is very effective training in how to combine one technique to the next without effort or pause. Of course, each partner should focus on the accuracy of each individual h\u014dkei<\/em> learned and focus on doing an embu<\/em> which emphasizes the connecting techniques (waza no renraku<\/em> \u6280\u306e\u9023\u7d61) and shifting from one technique to another (waza no henka<\/em> \u6280\u306e\u5909\u5316) and to perform an embu<\/em> which is simple yet strong, and performing an embu<\/em> that the pair themselves have adapted creatively. One can also compete in embu<\/em>, you can read more about it go to here on the Swedish Federation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The technical side of Shorinji Kempo consists of three main parts. These are: G\u014dh\u014d \u525b\u6cd5, or hard methods, which include tsuki \u7a81\u304d\u00a0(strikes), keri \u8e74\u308a\u00a0(kicks), uchi \u6253\u3061\u00a0(hammers), kiri \u5207\u308a\u00a0(cuts), kawashi\u00a0\u304b\u308f\u3057\u00a0(evasions), etc. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1699,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1797","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=1797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1797\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}