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New Houkei and Enbu introduced

Newest one	Male pair Enbu	04.1.17
Previous	Female three persons Enbu	04.1.1
	Male pair Enbu	03.12.13

Houkei, or Standard Formation

Doshin So classified and arranged techniques into categories and defined basic standard sequence of the movements, called Houkei, or standard formation. Many of them are practiced by a pair of person. They are called Kihon Kumi Enbu, or basic pair formation. It is the best way to learn Shorinji Kempo by practicing Kihon Kumi Enbu. But some of Houkei are defined so that you can practiced by yourself, without a partner.They are called Tan En Houkei, or single standard formation. Thus, we have another way of training our skill by ourself, without a partner.

Although Houkei is prearranged sequence of the movements, it is sure that you can apply it to the real situation by changing the arrangement arbitrary after you have got to a certain level of skill by practicing Houkei.

When practicing Houkei, always try to imagine that there is an opponent in front of you. Repeat as many times as you can to achieve a level where you do not have to command your body the next movement.

There are four Tan En Houkei, or single standard formation, as listed below. They are Giwa ken, Tenchi ken, Byakuren ken and Manji no kata. Ryuou ken is added because some of its Houkei is defined as a single standard formation.

Name		Explanation
	Ryuou ken	Starting from the situation that your opponent has seized your arm or hand.
	Giwa ken	This is to train consecutive movement of offending and defending for the beginners.
	Tenchi ken	This is to teach a most basic movement of Shorinji Kempo to biginners.
	Byakuren ken	This is made of Goho of Byakuren techniques.
	Manji no kata	This is to exhibit Goho and Juho.

Ryuou ken

Giwa ken

Tenchi ken

Name	Explanation	Date
Tenchi ken 1st	This is composed of techniques offending with punch and kick, and defending by basic guard techniques.	99.9.25
Tenchi ken 2nd	This consists of basic rengeki, two punches, kicks or mixed, in sequence without no pause in between.	00.5.11
Tenchi ken 3rd	This consists of basic rengeki. Change the direction of offense while practicing.	00.6.24
Tenchi ken 4th	This consists of advanced rengeki , tobi-rengeri.	00.8.26
Tenchi ken 5th	This consists of sequence of Uchiharai uke and consecutive kick techniques.	00.11.12
Tenchi ken 6th	This consists of sequence of Uchiharai uke and consecutive Sokutou kick, or side kick, techniques.	00.12.23

Byakuren ken

Free Kumi Enbu

Enbu, or prearranged sequence of offending and defending techniques, is the most Shorinji Kempo like exhibition. Free Kumi Enbu is an exhibition performed by two or more persons. There is no fixed formation. You can compose it by arranging any techniques as you like. To create fine Free Kimi Enbu, the author recommend that you pick up some Kihon Kumi Enbu and arrange them as you like and next change the part of Kinon Kumi Enbu as you like.
Here are some of examples.

	Explanation	Date
Male pair enbu 1.7MB	Tokyo university male pair Enbu by Nanake and Nishimoto in Komaba festival 2003.	04.1.17
Female three persons enbu 1MB	Tokyo university female three psesons Enbu in Komaba festival 2003.	04.1.1
Male pair enbu 1.2MB	Tokyo university male pair Enbu in Komaba festival 2003.	03.12.13
Female single enbu 929KB	Tokyo university Female single Enbu in Komaba festival 2003.	03.11.29
Three persons enbu 1.1MB	Tokyo university three persons Enbu in May festival 2003.	03.11.17
Male pair enbu 1MB	Shorinji Kempo Kanto University Festival 2003, Pair Enbu for non-black belt class.	03.11.3
Male single enbu 556KB	Tokyo university single Enbu in May festival 2003.	03.10.19
Female pair enbu 2MB	Tokyo university pair Enbu in May festival 2003.	03.10.4
Male pair enbu 1.45MB	Tokyo university pair Enbu in May festival 2003.	03.8.23
Mix four persons enbu 520KB	Tokyo university mixed Enbu in May festival 2003.	03.8.9
Mix enbu 3,4MB	Tokyo university mixed Enbu in Kanto University Shorinji Kempo competition 2002. Kato and Uo pair.	02.11.10
Kumi enbu 2	Tokyo university male pair enbu in Kanto University Shorinji Kempo competition 2000.	00.10.12.updated
Kumi enbu 1	Keriten3 - Kotenage - Sodemakigaesi - Sanbo uke namikaeshi	99.5.3

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