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seems to have its roots firmly planted in Buddhism and India,
its origins can be traced back as far as 5000 years to India
and from India Buddhism spread to many countries Including
China.
Bodhidharama,who was the sixth century founder
of Zen Buddhism introduced KEMPO to the legendary shaolin
temple located in Honan prefecture. It is here that KEMPO
became the main form of spiritual training for the Buddhists
monks and the monastery became famous for its fighting arts.
Even today there are paintings in the temple of dark-skinned
(Indian) monks teaching and practicing with lighter skinned
(Chinese) monks. China and Japan have always had close trading
links and this can be proven historically.
The proof of this being Shorinji Kempo practiced
and founded in Japan by Shorinji Kempo Kaiso (Founder) Doshin
Do, who was taught his Kempo in China by Master Chen Liang,
Shifu (master) of the Northern Shaolin White Lotus First Society
which traces its roots to the Songshan Shaolin temple.
JU JITSU is surrounded by mysteries and
has many stories regarding its origins dating back to the
8th century, some to even before the birth of Christ. There
are schools of thought that say Ju Jitsu like Kempo has its
origins in China, yet the ancient chronicles of Japan describe
how in AD 712 Tatemi Kazuchi threw Tatemi Nokami like "throwing
a leaf". It is also chronicled that the Emperor Shuinjinheld
held a martial arts tournament in 28 BC to celebrate his seventh
year of his reign, at this tournament a sumo wrestler was
thrown to the ground and kicked by Nomino Sukume and subsequently
died. From these accounts one could safely say that these
were evidence of empty handed techniques being used and taught
in Japan.
Ju Jitsu is often called the art of the
samurai, and translated literally Ju Jitsu means "gentle or
soft art" and yet studying the complexity and the dynamics
of the art it can be anything but, it has the ability to develop
not only the body but also the mind and although steeped in
tradition has its place in modern society as a vessel to teach
young and old alike an ancient but devastating form of self
defense whilst also instilling an equally strict code of ethics.
The samurai were as fierce a warrior as
any but they followed a strict code of ethics these being
the codes of bushido "warrior way" these codes include values
like "honour, loyalty, respect and valor" that still apply
in today's modern society.
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