Shorinji Kempo Video

[Kimpatsu]

Hahaahaaaaa! Good luck, champ!

I notice you're very good at avoiding the issue, which is the credibility of Mr. Alien's claims.

[Kimpatsu]

Look at yourself. You're an open, festering wound of insecurity. What the hell happened to make you so pathetic?

You claim I'm insecure, while your buddy Mr. Alien claims I'm arrogant. Which is it? And, talking of insecurity, why do you constantly avoid the real issue, that of intellectual credibility when discussing these claims? Why can't you stick to the subject?

[jubaji]

I notice you're very good at avoiding the issue, which is the credibility of Mr. Alien's claims.

No, the issue has become (just as you begged it to be) all about you.


I'm not joking. You need help.

[Kimpatsu]

No, the issue has become (just as you begged it to be) all about you.

That is an absolute lie. I do not want this to be about me at all; I want it to be about the facts, such as the FACT that there are no real ninja today, the FACT that I am highly qualified to know this and the FACT that anyone who cannot read Japanese is not in a position to perform the required research to know.

I'm not joking. You need help.

Like you're really qualified to make this diagnosis.

[jubaji]

That is an absolute lie. I do not want this to be about me at all; :

There is nothing at all on any forum you have ever visited that you did not want to be about you.

[Kimpatsu]

There is nothing at all on any forum you have ever visited that you did not want to be about you.

That is a straightforward lie, or you are incapable of reading what I have written.
Even now, as I try to turn this conversation back to the issues, it is YOU who keep harping on about ME and my supposed defects. As well, you have yet to rebut a single fact I have pointed out here. Why this obsession with me? Are you Sebastian Love?

[jubaji]

That is a straightforward lie, or you are incapable of reading what I have written.

Don't add dishonesty to your list of faults.

[Kimpatsu]

Don't add dishonesty to your list of faults.

Funny,you're the dishonest one, failign to take up a single one of the points I've made and banging on about my personality instead. You are a liar. It really is that simple. Here you are, doing it AGAIN! Why don't you ignore me and address the following:
1. It is a FACT that there are no ninja today.
2. It is a FACT that the ninja died out during the Meiji era.
Now, let's see if you can stay on-topic for once...

[jubaji]

Learn the language, idiot

failign to take up a single one of the points I've made ...

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What's that? "failign"?

[Kimpatsu]

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What's that? "failign"?

With your poor attempt at sustained innuendo, you should be a politician.

[dapperdan]

Is Shorinji Kempo the same as Shaolin Kempo?

[Tom Yum]

Is Shorinji Kempo the same as Shaolin Kempo?

Shorin is Japanese for Shaolin according to the Kanji.

As for the stylistic differences, Kimpatsu will have to anwer that.

[Tom Yum]

Focus

Back to the topic: Kenpo

I thought the Parker Kenpo demonstration with sophisticated basics show that its a reliable system. Sure they did the techniques slowly, but this is more for educational purposes.

The multi strike-defend drill (1st drill shown - attacker is throwing hook slaps and straight palms - defender is parrying) was good, because the defenses were not "hard" over commited defenses that you see in typical karate & TKD styles. Rather, it was loose and dynamic.

Why is that good? Not everyone is going to attack with one committed swing and just stop. People fake or feint. This shows that kenpo is system that flows (apparently at higher levels). Other stand up arts (boxing, muay thai) flow similarly.

One of the punch defenses seen in the video (inner hand parries, catches inside wrist while outter hand simultaneously slaps against the elbow) looks like a reliable stand-up grappling technique.

It doesn't over commit the defender and if the attacker pulls his arm back, he can flow to another technique or still be in a position to defend. If done quickly enough with enough impact, he can snap the elbow.

My additional $0.02

[Thai Bri]

Actually I regularly masturbate over anything and everything that is Japanese.

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Thanks for your honesty.

[shaolin-warrior]

Back to the topic: Kenpo

I thought the Parker Kenpo demonstration with sophisticated basics show that its a reliable system. Sure they did the techniques slowly, but this is more for educational purposes.

The multi strike-defend drill (1st drill shown - attacker is throwing hook slaps and straight palms - defender is parrying) was good, because the defenses were not "hard" over commited defenses that you see in typical karate & TKD styles. Rather, it was loose and dynamic.

Why is that good? Not everyone is going to attack with one committed swing and just stop. People fake or feint. This shows that kenpo is system that flows (apparently at higher levels). Other stand up arts (boxing, muay thai) flow similarly.

One of the punch defenses seen in the video (inner hand parries, catches inside wrist while outter hand simultaneously slaps against the elbow) looks like a reliable stand-up grappling technique.

It doesn't over commit the defender and if the attacker pulls his arm back, he can flow to another technique or still be in a position to defend. If done quickly enough with enough impact, he can snap the elbow.

My additional $0.02

Tom,
do you study kempo? That was a real good analogy.