What is Kempo Jutsu
Kempo is a Japanese term that was used to describe the various Chinese influences on Japanese and Okinawan Martial Arts. Sometimes other terms such as Hakuda were used.
The Kempo that we practice at the Broomfield Dojo is of Okinawan origin, Okinawa is the largest Island in the Ryukyu chain south of Japan. Kempo can be translated as Fist (Ken) Method (Po) or way and is an art with substantial Chinese influence on the indigenous Okinawan Art of Ti, Te or di.
Some of the characteristics of Kempo include mirror hand techniques, rapid striking, circular patterns, rapid striking, attacks to vulnerable points on the human anatomy known as Kyusho Jutsu and grappling techniques known as Tuite.
The term Kempo is often translated as hard fist or even as law of the hard fist. Chinese Kempo is simply a term for Chinese Boxing systems that have been exported in whole or part. Though the actual term Chinese Kempo is frequently used to describe small village and family self defence systems as well as variations of larger combat systems that have been absorbed into these local self defence systems of Chinese Communities. The term has also been used to describe a predecessor of Bhodidharma's Shaolin Chaun Fa, an indigenous martial art of China.
The above picture shows a typical Kempo Kamae or posture, note the rear fist by the elbow of the forward fist.
To learn more about the Kempo Jutsu that we practice visit: Hakuda Ryu Kempo Jutsu Website