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| Professor Kimo Ferriera uses the term Kenpojutsu to describe the martial arts of Hawaii that were created in the early 1930's by combining the Japanese Jujutsu with the Kenpo that was introduced from Okinawa. The Okinawan arts were introduced to Hawaii around the same time they began to Japan. This was before the term Karate was used to describe them. In 1934 when Miyagi Chojun traveled to Hawaii to teach he was calling his art Karate-Kempo. | ||||
| Patrick McCarthy Kyoshi of the International Ryukyu Karate Research Society uses the term to generically describe the Okinawa arts that formed the foundation of modern day Karate-do. He also places an emphasis on the grappling aspects of the kata taught as Karate when applying this term. | ||||
The term Kenpojutsu was first applied to the arts taught by Jim Mc Coy Shihan after the introduction of those arts taught by Dr. Clement Riedner, founder of the Christian Black Belt Association. In the CBBA, Kenpojutsu is taught as a bridge between Karate and Jujutsu. While stationed in Japan with the U.S. Military, Dr. Riedner studied Motobuha Shito Ryu Karate-do under the tutelage of Shogo Kuniba Soke. He also has a background in Soke Kuniba's Goshindo and other styles of Jujutsu, primarily Hakko Ryu. Prior to his newly organized system being formally names Kuniba Ryu Goshindo, Kuniba Soke referred to his style as Goshin Budo. Goshin Budo just means "Self Defense Martial Way". He used the term to mean "applied self defense" and often used the term to describe his approach to teaching the diverse applications of the kata of Motobuha Shito Ryu Karatedo. Kuniba Soke applied his knowledge of Aikijujutsu, Judo and Jujutsu in order to stress the grappling and throwing and throwing techniques found in the kata. This type of analysis of kata is called bunkai (to dissect) or sometimes bunkaijutsu (the art of analyzing kata). Kenpojutsu is essentially Dr. Riedner's approach to the Goshin Budo of Shogo Kuniba Soke. In general, Kenpojutsu is a method of teaching the little known art of bunkaijutsu and demonstrating not only the grappling aspects of traditional Okinawan Karate, but the similarities between Karate and Jujutsu. By studying Kenpojutsu, the student of Karate will learn that Karate and Jujutsu are much more similar than different.
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