Lineage of Shorinji Toraken Ryu



All dates represent transfers, 
(not births or deaths)

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1377 A.D.  Soji Ynag
Shaolin-Szu Tang Su Dao Pa Ming Chaun
Henan Province, China
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Missing Generations
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1679 - 1751  Yon Ho Chin
Sau Lin Szu Chen Chaun Fa
Henan Province, China
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1751 - 1814  Lee Ho Chin
Sau Lin Szu Chen Chaun Fa
Cheiang Province, China
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1814 - 1881  Lee Chi Kooh
So Rim Sa Churl Kwon Do Tang Soo Dua
Ingei, Korea
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1881 - 1967  Kim Chi Kooh
So Rim Sa Churl Kwon Do Tang
Yong Dong Po, South Korea
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Kim C. Kooh takes the system to Japan.
Shorinji Tetsuken Ryu
Nippon Kamashin Ryu

Mishimas-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan
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1967 - 1980  Albert C. Church, Jr.
Kanda Ha Shorinji 
Tetsuken Ryu
Tokyo, Japan
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Albert C. Church, Jr.  Brings the Art to America
Shorinji Tetsuken Ryu Kanda Ha Kamashin Ryu
Charleston, South Carolina
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After Church's death 1980, Dr. James Ronald Cherry Established 
Shorinji Toraken Ryu Sogo Kempo Jutsu
Charleston, South Carolina
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1981  Dr. James R. Cherry
Establishes the
American Kempo-Karate Association
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The Shorinji Toraken Ryu Arts
Has Been Passed to
Ray D. Ferrell
As Decided By Soke Cherry (March 18, 2000)
Making him (Nidai Soke) to the system.
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