Eight documentaries about some of the leading masters of martial arts and their extraordinary skills. 1: Shorinji Kempo - the New Way Narrated by Dennis Waterman
Shorinji Kempo is a new fighting system created by the late Doshin So, Japanese intelligence agent who operated for many years in China. After the war he founded a fighting religious cult. There are now more than a million followers organised from a huge temple complex on a remote island in Japan. The founder's daughter finds herself in charge of an army of dedicated masters of fighting, some of quite extraordinary ....1.:11... SKUIS.
Film cameraman JIM SAUNDERS
Sound recordist KEITH RODGERSON Film editor ANDREW JOHNSTON ,
Assistant producer HOWARD REID , Written and produced by MICHAEL CROUCHER BBC Bristol