I think I shall have to watch all of the clips now. I just watched part 4, which had some very tiny kids doing Kendo on the beach... looked like a bunch of Ewoks!! Interesting that they had a section of oaths, creeds etc. recitation followed by seated meditation - the kids looked around 6-8 years old. So many of the little bits of Shorinji Kempo etiquette that I had assumed were unique to that art, are actually common to other Japanese arts - like the basic taiso exercises that Japanese Sensei use, which are commonly found everywhere from tennis club to bank staff pre-work exercises).
The French translation of the Kendo creed would be interesting, it seems to have a lot in common with what I can remember of Seiku, Seigan, Shinjo.
David Noble
Shorinji Kempo (1983 - 1988)
I'll think of a proper sig when I get a minute...
For now, I'm just waiting for the smack of the Bo against a hard wooden floor....