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Radok
Brown Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
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Location: Florida
Styles: Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate-do
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Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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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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ronryu
Orange Belt
Joined: 29 Nov 2001
Posts: 199
Location: griffin , ga
Styles: Shito ryu karate
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Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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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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Chris from CT
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Sep 2001
Posts: 168
Location: Connecticut, USA
Styles: Jung Ki Hapkido, Shaolin Kempo
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 10:36 am Post subject: |
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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
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Chris from CT
Orange Belt
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Posts: 168
Location: Connecticut, USA
Styles: Jung Ki Hapkido, Shaolin Kempo
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 10:36 am Post subject: |
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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."
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Taikudo-ka
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Joined: 20 Mar 2002
Posts: 450
Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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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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Radok
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Location: Florida
Styles: Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate-do
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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That clears up a few things.
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shaolinprincess
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Joined: 10 Jul 2002
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Location: Pacific-USA
Styles: Matsumura Seito
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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I like the shorin ryu type from okinawa, it is very practical, like ronryu said it has differnt stances and what not.
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Radok
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2002 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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that's why it's my sig.
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