Ive heard the name of Kempo but nothing else about it, why?
Given the highly politicised nature of their original applications, it is perhaps not surprising that even today a great deal of secrecy surrounds these crafts, many of which became latterly associated with right wing politics in Japan (something that today is a bit of a non-subject in its own right in Japan). It should be noted however that this latter aspect was very much a feature of what happened after 1868, and not of what went before. The feudal groups with whom Kempo was originally associated fell largely into the fairly liberal, outwardly looking political camp. Indeed had it not been for the desire of the early Ashikaga Shoguns to establish friendly relations with China Kempo would never have come into existence. Today there is not really any good reason for Kempo to be overly secretive other than its long established tradition of secrecy. Thus it is very much a matter of secrecy for secrecy’s own sake. Rather than evaluating this as a good thing or a bad thing, it is better s
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