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TDWoj, Sounds like you have a lot more facts than I do. I'll defer to you on this. It was the Ki-society that I practice with when I came back from Japan. The softness was not at all what I saw in Osaka. Jujitsu was more what I was use to.

Shorinji Kempo has a lot of wrist controls and joint locks. (i.e. Ikyo, Nikyo, etc.) The kote-geshi techniques they have a lot of. And some of them are the same and some are very different. For example, Gyaku-Kote-Geshi, or reverse wrist twist. Start with same side wrist grab. Bring the wrist...

Do Shin So created a large organization teaching his style of Shorinji Kempo. It was very effective. It seemed to be a cross between Aiki-jujitsu and and Chinese boxing styles. It was also heavily into Zen Buddhism. If you didn't like spending 20 minutes or more in seated Za-Zen meditation...you...

That quote from the article is right on. That's what I found so dissappointing when I returned to the US in the early '80's. The Aikido that was taught in the states was so "soft" compared to the Aikdo I practiced at Ten-Shin dojo in Osaka. It made you sad. I recall a time when Sensei Seagal...

Yes, you're right. They are similar in some of the techniques. I had an opportunity to study both at the same time. (Aikido & Shorinji Kempo) I think that they help you understand the techniques better when you study both. Do Shin So created the art form. He grew up in Korea while Japan...

He definately was familiar I know he is familiar with several forms of Chinese styles. But I don't remember him claiming a rank. He just mentioned them in the course of teaching a class. (Crane and Tiger if I remember correctly.) I remember asking him about Bruce Lee. (Lee had only been...

Hi. I'm new to this site. In 1977 I was at an Aikido demo. given by Sensei Seagal. It was in Kobe, Japn at the Canadian Academy. He deflected 3 arrows from a Japanese long bow with his boken. This demo was in a basket ball gym, and the arrows were shot from across the gym. There were at least...