Chin Genpin (陳元贇) in the Kenpō Hiketsu (拳法秘訣)

Published on 1 September 2021 by Peter King

Once again my thanks to Eric Shahan for another post about Chin Genpin (陳元贇) this time from volume 10 of ‘Bugei Shoden’ (1714) by Hinatsu Yasuke (日夏弥助), which states that:

"According to the Kenpo Hiketsu (Secrets of the Fist) what is known nowadays as Jujutsu (yawara) was called Ken (fist) in the Bubishi 武備志. Long ago in Japan these techniques were known as Shuhaku (Hand Specialist). In the early Edo period Chin Genpin came to Japan and stayed in Edo."

Ryōi Shintō-ryū founder - Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝) studied ‘Torite no jutsu’ (捕手の術 – hand taking) & ‘Kenpō’ (拳法 – fist striking method) from Southern Shaolin Monastery or ‘Nan-Shaolin’ (南少林) Chinese monk Chin Genpin (陳元贇).

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