The Roots of Aiki Kempo Jiu Jitsu |
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It is traditional at this point on a martial arts club’s webpage to explain why this is
a martial art, with a history of thousands of years, practiced by some
wizened oriental master living in a cave about 3000BC, and despite being
unchanged since then, it’s still the most devastatingly effective martial art
in history – learnable in a year, with your black belt in three. None of that is true for us, and it’s
probably not true for anybody else either! We call our
style Aiki Kempo Jiu Jitsu; reflecting roots at-least partly in
traditional Japanese martial arts. “Aiki” means “to do with the use and flow of energy”
(often called chi or qi), “Kempo” means strictly “the way of the fist”, but
we interpret it as meaning that we include the use of striking, and in
particular anatomically precise striking in our art; “Jiu”
(which could be spelled Ju – the only truly correct
spelling is in Kanji, or Japanese script!) means soft or gentle, and “Jitsu” means “skill”.
So, we practice a gentle skill, that includes
hitting people, and also relies upon the use and flow of energy. That may sound contradictory to somebody
from outside the martial arts world, but it’s pretty close to the truth. Whilst based
upon historical roots, particularly those from
We believe that
modern Kempo therefore forms one of the finest complete martial art
systems. It won’t make you invincible,
neither can it be learned quickly – a lifetime of study and you’ll probably
still be wanting to learn and develop your personal
skills further. But it is good fun,
good exercise, effective self defence, and should also complement most other
martial art systems you might also have learned. This is
delivered in an environment of mutual respect between everybody, and a firm
intention that everybody leaves happy, and uninjured! |
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