Shorinji Kempo East Portland Branch

Specialties

Martial arts, mental and physical health improvement.

History

Established in 1947.

Shorinji Kempo originated in 1947 in the Japanese town of Tadotsu. Shorinji Kempo’s founder, So Doshin, faced Japan’s defeat at the end of the Second World War in what was then called Manchuria (now the Northeast Region of China), and there he experienced fully the wretchedness and sorrow of a defeated people.

Because it was the youth who would take care of the future, he had them train both indomitable spirits and sturdy bodies, gave them strong confidence and courage, and cultivated many true leaders who would rebuild their native Japan. To construct a world in which everyone could live in happiness, he took the Chinese and Japanese martial arts that he had studied and reformulated them into single, unique technical structure, thus originating Shorinji Kempo.

I found Shorinji Kempo by accident while living in Japan in 1998. The East Portland Branch was established in April 2013.

Meet the Manager

Damien S.

Manager

Hello. My name is Damien Semprevivo and I am one of three certified Shorinji Kempo instructors in Oregon. I have been practicing and teaching Shorinji Kempo for over 15 years.