Extended Lineage Inheritor Listing:

Chin yeong-ho

          (1742-1814)                                         

               Shaolinsi Chin Ba Mingquan (China).                                                  

                                  Shaolin Temple - Chin style - Eight - Illuminating - Fists.

                    yeong-ho (alt. spellling: yong, young) is a Korean masculine given name.

Lee jin-ho      

          (1782-1851)                              

               Shaolinsi Chin Ba Mingquan (China).

                  jin/chin-ho is a Korean unisex given name.

Lee ki-ho     

          (1827-1881)                          

               Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop (Korea)

                    Sorimsa is the Korean translation of Chinese Shaolinsi.

                    Cheol: Korean for Iron.

                    Gwon: Korean for fist (when used referring to martial arts).

                    Beop: Korean for method.

                         "Shoalin Iron Fist Method. Gwonbeop is Korean for the Chinese term Quanfa."

        Wang (first name unverified)     

          (1835-1910)

               (c.1881 - 1900^)                          

               Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop (Korea).

                  Wang traveled to Korea from China, and lived and trained with Lee ki-ho and his family.

Historical Lineage Note:

     Master Lee ki-ho had a daughter who married into the Korean family of "Kim" and had a son,      

     Kim ji-ho. When Kim ji-ho was one-year old, Lee died. Wang stayed with the Lee family and

     eventually trained and passed on the art and teachings of Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop to Kim before presumably

          returning to China.

         ^Approximate timeframe Master Wang was involved in Kim's training life, which could

           have started circa 1887 timeframe.

Kim ji-ho++     

     (1880-1967)

          Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop (Korea).

               Shorinji Tekken Ryu (Name change - Moved to Japan 1954).

                    Shaolin Iron Fist System

                         Shorinji: Japanese for Sorimsa/Shaolinsi

                         Tekken: Japanese for Iron Fist

                         Ryu: Japanese for System.

          ++Ji also spelled Jee, Chi or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular

          element in Korean given names.  The two syllables/characters of a Korean given

          name may be written together, hyphenated or divided into two.

          Therefore, Kim ji-ho can also be written as Kim jiho.  Korean names written in

          hangul (Korean writing system) and translated for western use often have misspellings.

                 Within my documentation I have attempted to maintain consistent naming conventions.

Albert C. Church, Jr.                          

     (1930-1980)

          (1969-1980*)                         

               Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop/Shorinji Tekken Ryu

          (1969 - 1980*)          

               Nippon Kobudo Kamishin Ryu

Robert Kelly                         

     Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop/Shorinji Tekken Ryu

          (1980-1995*)     

Ted Petit          

     Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop/Shorinji Tekken Ryu

          (1995-   *)     

               *System Head Family Years