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3. Shushu koju (defend first, attack after). Shorinji Kempo is a method of self-defense. It begins with defense, not with attack.

4. Kumite shutai (pair work is fundamental). In Shorinji Kempo training there are two roles: an attacker’s and a defender’s. Cooperation among the two is the most important requirement for learning.

5. Fusatsu Katsujin (protect people without injury). Never seek a fight. Protect yourself. Hurting people is not the purpose of training in Shorinji Kempo.

For information concerning training in Shorinji Kempo while in Japan, you may write the Headquarters at the following address:

World Shorinji Kempo Organization

3-1, Tadotsu-cho

Nakatado-gun

Kagawa-ken 764-8511

Japan

Judo: The Gentle Way

Judo, an Olympic sport as well as a way of life for its thousands of practitioners worldwide, was the creation of Professor Kano Jigoro (1860-1936). As a young man, Kano Sensei traveled Japan, studying jujutsu (systems of unarmed combat) with some of the finest instructors available. Jujutsu, some say, was introduced into Japan in the seventeenth century by a Chinese master named Ching-Ping. Again, as we have seen in discussing the schools of karatedo, it is typical of Japanese traditional culture to revere Chinese arts and claim that in some way China was the source of the arts of Japan. There is no doubt some truth in that, but it is also true that the Japanese did not sit around defenseless until the Chinese showed up to teach them how to fight. The very earliest Chinese documents concerning contact with the Japanese describe the Japanese warriors as formidable characters.