Please excuse my ignorance but I have some questions about Shorinji Kempo. My questions are based on the Shorinji Kenpo I saw in Japan and the monks training at the Shaolin Temple in China.
Japanese Shorinji Kenpo looks completely different than the art that the monks at the Shaolin temple in China practice. Do students in Japan treat the Shaolin temple as the birthplace of their art? Do they openly acknowledge that the Japanese style is different than what's being practiced at the Shaolin temple?
Thank you for your thoughts,