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Shuhaku

A term used to refer to Chinese Ch'uan-fa systems (Kempo in Japanese), meaning to "beat by hand." Another term with the same meaning is hakuda.

Shoot Fighting

Shoot fighting is a modern Japanese eclectic martial sport. Its techniques were greatly influenced by the submission grappling skills taught by the legendary American wrestler Karl Gotch when he visited Japan. A shoot is a fighting contest between two opponents. Variations include shoot wrestling, shoot boxing, and Pancrase. All are taught primarily as ring sports, and their matches frequently draw large crowds in Japan. Rules permit kicks, hand strikes, takedowns, throws, and ground grappling.

Shorinji Kempo

Shorinji Kempo is a Japanese karate style that is deeply rooted in Zen meditation. It was created by So Doshin who says it is based on traditional Shaolin teachings.  In the 1970's, the Japanese courts forced So Doshin to change the name of his school to Nippon Shorinji Kempo. It stresses being calm in action. Students first learn its deep spirituality, then they learn the fighting techniques. Because of its combination of Buddhism, philosophy, and martial arts, many consider Shorinji Kempo a religious sect.

Shorinji-Ryu

An Okinawan style of Shaolin Karate. Shaolin influence is apparent in the fluidity of the circular attacks, and the karate influence is apparent in the powerful rigid strikes.

Shotokan

Shoto was Gichin Funakoshi's pen name, the sound of wind through pine trees; A traditional hard style, that uses powerful committed attacks. Shotokan is what many people consider the original school of Karate-do.

Suiba-jutsu

A sub-specialty of horsemanship (Ba-jutsu) that specialized in horse techniques used in crossing streams, ponds, and bodies of water.

Sumai

The original combat discipline from which Sumo developed.

Sumo

Sumo is a Japanese combative sport that pits one huge, loin cloth clad, contestant against another in a sand covered ring. The men push and shove each other while attempting to execute a trip or throw. There are no weight classes. The object of the match is to force the opponent to touch the ground with any part of his body other than his feet. Before a contest, referees consecrate the ring and there is much ritual before and after each match.

Experts claim sumo is derived from a more martially oriented art, but in its current form, it is purely a martial sport with little or no self-defense utility. It is perhaps the most popular spectator sport in Japan.

Sumo was originally a Shinto divination rite and it is still performed as a religious rite during festivals where it is called Shinji-zumo "god-service Sumo." An ancient Japanese proverb says a crying child will thrive, so in children's contests the first child to cry—wins.

Taijutsu

Means "body art" A system similar to Jujitsu that included vital point striking arts (atemi) and a variety of hand held weapons, such as the bankokuchoko, which was a metal ring similar to brass knuckles used in the West. It was a specialty of a number of Jujitsu systems, namely Nagao-ryu and Kito-ryu.

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