At the end of December 2025, the final New Year's test Etsunengeiko 2026 of the Ukrainian Nippon Kempo Association was held in Kyiv.
ADVANTAGES OF NIPPON KEMPO
![]() | FULL CONTACT Sparring is carried out at full strength, without holding back blows and techniques, which allows you to quickly develop the correct reflexes for a real fight. |
![]() | MIXED MARTIAL ARTS They also teach kicks and punches (including elbows and knees), throws (as in judo and sambo), and finishing moves on the ground. Weapons training (sticks, ropes, knives, and firearms) is also taught. |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING Full contact in armor helps eliminate fear of attack and aggression from the enemy. The student gradually adapts to combat stress and learns to operate under physical and psychological pressure. |
| PROTECTION Fighters use specialized armor (helmet, chest protector, groin protector, gloves). This protection allows them to spar at full strength. |
| TRAINING REALISM Constant sparring with various resistant partners quickly develops a sense of distance, timing, reflexes, reaction time, and the ability to withstand blows. A person learns to fight not "from a textbook," but in the real world. |
![]() | NO INJURIES Protective equipment reduces the risk of serious injury, allowing you to truly practice without holding back your strikes. This makes Nippon Kempo accessible even to beginners who want to learn applied combat without excessive risk. |
HISTORY OF NIPPON KEMPO
ABOUT NIPPON KEMPO

Программа для начинающих
Программа рассчитана обучение базовому поведению в прикладном рукопашном бою. Время проведения программы - 5 месяцев обучения. По окончании ученик получает базовые навыки реального рукопашного боя:
- основные виды стоек и боевых позиций;
- страховки и самостраховки;
- 5 основных ударов ногами и руками (в том числе кулаком, локтем и коленом);
- 5 основных блоков руками;
- 7 вариантов уходов и уклонов;
- 15 вариантов бросков подсечкой, зацепом, подножкой;
- болевые контроли противника;
- систематику тренировок
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The military art of the East has great relevance in modern wars, especially in the War of Ukraine for Independence against Russia. Intelligence and information, as well as its skillful use, is the key to victory.
On December 27, 2021, an intense final training session of Etsunengeiko in Japanese hand-to-hand combat Nippon Kempo took place in Kyiv.
Hand-to-hand fighting in the period 1917-1940 in the USSR finally received state support. For the first time, masses of people began to teach the techniques of hand-to-hand and fist fighting.
In the last days of December 2020, the final New Year's intensive Etsunengeiko 2021 of Japanese hand-to-hand combat Nippon Kempo was traditionally held in Kyiv for the ninth time.
The first of a series of articles on the history of hand-to-hand combat in the countries of the former USSR. When hand-to-hand combat began to be cultivated in Russia and Ukraine. How it was?
The life of Shihan Hideo Doya, one of the leading masters of Nippon Kempo, who played a big role in the formation of kempo in Ukraine..
Master Goki Kinuya - the founder of Nippon Kempo in the US, did a lot for the Ukrainian federation Nippon Kempo. Life and way of the master kempo ...
Original article "Kempo" from the magazine Black Belt about the beginning of the development of Nippon Kempo in the US, about the ancestor of Kempo in the United States Goki Kinuyya. February, 1966. This man played a big role in the formation of Kempo in many countries, including Ukraine.
What is the strategy and tactics of hand-to-hand combat? Different types of strategies and tactics of hand-to-hand combat. Four stages of hand-to-hand combat. Tactical tasks and tactical techniques of martial arts Nippon Kempo.
Stick for self-defense. Physical aspects. History of а stick fight. Japanese stick fight. Consequences of stick use for self-defense
Group fight. One of the most dangerous situations that can get any man. How to behave as a person who is engaged in melee combat, if he was the victim of or witness a group attack.

















