Great clips, Brian! Although the style is dissimilar, the 1/4-1/3 speed and power used reminds me of Kung Fu San Soo. This is how we 'spar'. After watching these clips, I believe it's easy to see how effective it is to follow the maxim, Go slow to go fast (one of Jimmy H Woo's favorite sayings). And anyone can see there is pain involved, regardless of the slower pace.
Shorinji Kempo is indeed most interesting...you dont seem much of it around outside of Japan it seems like...
I always found it interesting that Kaiso So Doshin (the founder of Shorinji Kempo) actually taught it as a religion (Kongo Zen) in order to "go around" the bans placed on martial arts practice...pretty inventive if ya ask me, considering the guy was a monk ;-)
--josh
I like the way they were training their basics. Training from a low horse stance or a fighting stance is good but many martial artists don't spend enough time training their techniques while in more natural postures. Shorinji Kempo looks like a very good complete art. I am going to have to look into it more.