Japanese – Bristol Shorinji Kempo

Do I need to speak Japanese to learn Kempo?

When you first start a martial art, a lot of the words are very confusing. Are you going to need to learn a whole new language?

Helpful Japanese Vocab

Like many martial arts, in Shorinji Kempo we have a lot of specialised vocabulary. Much of our vocab is in Japanese.

This helpful list will get you started, but don’t try to memorise it all at once!