The mixing of Chinese and Japanese such as Shaolin Kempo Karate is a marketing tool. It is people looking to gain students and acceptence off of the mixing of such name.
Shaolin is chinese.
Karate is japanese
kempo/kenpo is from okinawa
In okinawa there was a mix of chinese and japanese and techniques were exchanged. So some chinese arts and techniques found their way into the mix. But what ppl like to do is point to Chuna Fa/Quan Fa and use this as their link to shaolin. Although Chuan Fa/Quan Fa does mean "Fist Method" in chinese. It's not the same as how ,many people try to make it seem.
So many people misunderstand when they translate the word and link it to japanese arts ,but that is not the case.
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