Kenpo... Hard Style or Soft Style?

[Colin_Linz]

In Shorinji Kempo we have a saying, “Go Ju Ittai”. Basically this means that hard and soft techniques work best when used together.

 

[Shaolinmack]

i like this saying.... cuz it is verry true..

 

[BlackCatBonz]

In Shorinji Kempo we have a saying, “Go Ju Ittai”. Basically this means that hard and soft techniques work best when used together.

colin, would you classify shorinji kempo as an internal martial art?

 

[Colin_Linz]

colin, would you classify shorinji kempo as an internal martial art?

No, I don’t think it would be classed as an internal art. It does try to use the power of the attacker rather than fighting against the attacker, this is true for both goho and juho waza, and it does have quite a lot of circular movements. There is even a lot of emphasis on working in harmony with your attacker. I think in the end there would still be too many hard principles within the art for it to be thought as an internal style.

 

[RichK]

It is a hard style because my hard head always meets hard fist than hard wall or hard floor.....lol