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What is the diff between Shorei Ryu, Shorin ryu, and Shorinji ryu? How about Kempo and Kenpo? Chi gung and Chi kung? Gung fu and Kung fu? :???:

 

 

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Well I caint help with all the questions but on the one about shorei ryu and shorin ryu . Shorei ryu is the old name of naha te (goju ryu ) shorin ryu is of hte shuri part of okinawa while shorei ryu is from the naha part of okinawa the differences are shorin ryu is more up in the stances and snapier in there techinques while shorei (naha) use deeper stances as well as the now famous sanchin type breathing .

 

As far as kempo and kenpo they are pertty much the same just different pronuncation . However there didfferent styles of kempo such as american and okinawan .

 

hope this helps .

 

 

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Kempo & Kenpo - Literally they are the same, but some people perfer one spelling over another when discussing certain styles.

 

Ex.

 

Ed Parkers' American Kenpo

 

Nick Cerio's Kenpo

 

James Mitose's Kosho Ryu Kempo

 

Fred Villari's Shaolin Kempo Karate

 

Kung Fu & Gung Fu - Same thing, just different pronunciations/spellings

 

Chi Kung & Chi Gong / Qi Kung & Qi Gong - Same thing, just different pronunciations/spellings

 

Take care :smile:

 

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in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu

 

[ This Message was edited by: Chris from CT on 2002-07-15 12:43 ]

Chris LaCava

Jung Ki Kwan of Connecticut

"Man is born soft and supple,

in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu

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Oops, double post. Sorry.

 

Oh wait, here's something else...

 

"Shorinji," I have been told is the Japanese translation for "Shaolin."

 

Take care :smile:

 

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Chris LaCava

 

"Man is born soft and supple,

 

in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu

 

[ This Message was edited by: Chris from CT on 2002-07-15 12:43 ]

Chris LaCava

Jung Ki Kwan of Connecticut

"Man is born soft and supple,

in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu

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The best thing when in doubt about things like this is to look at the original kanji. This gives you a meaning, which is generally the same everywhere, and a range of pronunciations, which differ between Mandarin, Chinese, Okinawan, Japanese On, Japanese Kun, etc.

 

So we can see that, for example, kempo, kenpo, quan fa and chuan fa are all different pronunciations (dialects/accents) of the same word. (Fist System)

 

Shorin, Shorei and Shorinji are all variations on "Shaolin" (a difficult word for the Japanese tongue). I've heard that originally they were not spelled "correctly" on Okinawa but written with whatever kanji happened to closely fit the pronunciation, hence the variations in English spelling as well.

 

Seems like Chinese kung fu was considered very "hip" for a while back in Okinawa, and everyone wanted to call their school "Shaolin Style". All you needed to do was add a few kata from a Chinese kung-fu school to your existing Te, and voila -you now teach "Shaolin Style Quan Fa" - Shorinji Kempo. This gave us kata like Sanshin, Wanshu, Kusanku, Chinto, Gojushiho and Hakkatsu.

 

Ronryu is right about the shorei/shorin connection to naha/shuri te.

 

However, terms like "kempo" are generic and apply to a wide range of styles. Really, any style of karate could be called "kempo" whether its part of the school's "official" name or not.

 

 

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That clears up a few things.

 

 

If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.


Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.

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that's why it's my sig.

 

 

If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.


Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.

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