Are they rearranged version of their Chinese equivalent? I know Kempo is the Japanese word for Chuan Fa which is the same as saying Kung Fu. Are kata the same as the Chuan Fa it's from.
Like Shorinji Kempo, are the forms the same as Shaolin Kung Fu only harder and not the Wushu style thing?
How similar/different is Kempo Kata from Karate Kata.
Thanks for the explanation Sensei Scandal, but I'm still a little confused. Why is "kempo" even a term then? Why don't people just say Karate?
Okay, so Shorinji Kempo has NOTHING to do with Shaolin temple, but actually Daito Ryu? Why is it called Shorinji then?
What about Kempo schools that do teach one-man Kata? Where are these Kata coming from?
I know what kung fu means, I meant that chuan fa is the same as kung fu that is that here in the west it's being referring to as a Chinese martial art, not the actual definition and meaning itself.
Oh yeah, and I do mean the real oriental Kempo, the Americanized trash.
*not the Americanized trash. oops
Like Shorinji Kempo, are the forms the same as Shaolin Kung Fu only harder and not the Wushu style thing?
How similar/different is Kempo Kata from Karate Kata.
Thanks for the explanation Sensei Scandal, but I'm still a little confused. Why is "kempo" even a term then? Why don't people just say Karate?
Okay, so Shorinji Kempo has NOTHING to do with Shaolin temple, but actually Daito Ryu? Why is it called Shorinji then?
What about Kempo schools that do teach one-man Kata? Where are these Kata coming from?
I know what kung fu means, I meant that chuan fa is the same as kung fu that is that here in the west it's being referring to as a Chinese martial art, not the actual definition and meaning itself.
Oh yeah, and I do mean the real oriental Kempo, the Americanized trash.
*not the Americanized trash. oops