| Byakuren Karate Byakuren Karate Naha, Okinawa Demo In 1984, Masayasu Sugihara, student of the late So Doshin-Kancho who was the founder of Shorinji Kempo, obtained sanction from the International Karate Kempo Federation to teach a new system of fighting which is known as Byakuren. Sugihara had been one of So Doshin-Kancho's most powerful and feared fighters, serving as a personal bodyguard to the founder of Shorinji-Kempo. In the true Samurai Spirit, Byakuren is based upon Shorinji-Kempo and has been refined as a full-contact fighting style of karate that still, today, continues to evolve as a leading martial art under transition from Maser Shihan Sugihara-Kancho. Tags: Byakuren Karate 白蓮会館 沖縄空手Kyoukushin フルコン 沖縄 okinawa enshin ashihara |