In 1650, a Chinese monk settled in the region of Edo (now Tokyo) to Kokushoji temple. Fine scholar, Chen Young Ping was proposing to educate the Japanese cultivated calligraphy, and Chinese philosophy. Living alone in a withdrawn dependence of the temple, this curious monk was visible only for hours where he taught.
At that time, Edo was considered the military capital of the Empire and, therefore, the area was very popular with the samurai, equivalent of our famous knights of the Middle Ages. Lily excelled in all arts warriors and continually perfected their fighting techniques. Among them, a lower class was responsible for often playing the role of «police force» and thus to indulge in many battles body to body.
One evening in 1658, three kachis (lower samurai with two swords, but do not amount horse) escorting in the dark alleys of Edo, Chen Young Ping. The latter had to give lessons to a senior official of the Shogun. For his return, he had been forced to accept an escort so that nothing untoward. not happened to him during his night journey. But precisely it happened to him an unusual adventure. While the small group crossed the city walls, armed bandits attacked. Our three kachis, at an exponential rate, unsheathed their swords and surrounded the monk. A pitched battle ensued. Some attackers were armed with sticks, others with knives. After a fight desperately, the kachis were disarms, you had to go in close combat, That's when the unbelievable happened. Quick as a flash, our peaceful and studious, Chinese rushed towards the aggressors. With incredible skill, he began to hurt a first bandit; in seconds, a second, a third was knocked out before realizing what was happening. Surprised, then terrorized, the other robbers escaped.
Shocked, the three samurai could not believe their eyes.
Full of admiration for the monk, they returned him to the temple and asked him to give them the secret of his strength. But, along the path, Chen Young Ping kept silent Made a good port, he saluted ceremoniously his guards and retreated for the night. The three kachis decided to learn more and slept at the door of the temple, The next day, addressing the monk, they renewed their prayer, The wise man smiled and told them that his art was not for simple minds, but for strong souls, The samurais enlisted as soon to do what it takes to learn this amazing technique that they had witnessed. Seeing their enthusiasm, Chen Young Ping decided to take them to the disciples. After a long period of education, he took each kachi apart and in the greatest secrecy, taught him some formidable taken. each kachi studied a different method: one specialized in projected, the other in dislocations and bottlenecks and the third in the strikes blows to vital points. Everyone soon went across Japan to teach.
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