Can someone tell me what Shorin Ji is?

Question

What are some of the techniques? Is there more punches? Kicks? Throws? Submissions?

Answer 1

One legend has it that a monk named Bodhidharma (Daruma Taishi, to the Japanese - 500 A.D.) studied Buddhism in India before emigrating to China. He taught the Chinese people Buddhism at the temple of Shorin-Ji. Bodhidharma found it very difficult to teach the Indian form of Buddhism to the Chinese, so he taught Zen Buddhism which he thought was easier to understand. Still finding difficulties in getting his students to comprehend, Bodhidharma added physical training to his teachings to keep his student's minds from wandering. This included many self-defense techniques which later became the basis for a style of Karate known as Chinese Kempo, or Shorin-Ji Kempo.

The defensive art taught at the temple of Shorin-Ji was the finest in China for many years. There are many stories of the Karate-ka that were produced there. Shorin-Ji Kempo eventually found its way to Okinawa and became an important factor in the development of Okinawan Karate.

Answer 2

Shorin Ji is a Japanese karate, derived from Shotokan, but emphasizing Buddhist religious principles and Japanese Nationalism.

Answer 3

Sho Rin Ji is the japanese pronounciation of the chinese characters for Shaolin temple(Sho=Shao; Rin=Lin and Ji=Temple). It originated from the island of Okinawa where the fishermen and seafarers there have had contact with China. I believe its techniques involve circular movements and has punches and kicks similar to shaolin gung fu techniques.