Shorinji kenpo is a Japanese martial art developed and established by SO based on various Chinese martial arts which he learned when he stayed in China to work for the secret military agency before and during the war, adding Japanese Jujutsu, which he had learned when he was a child.
少林寺拳法は宗が戦前から戦中にかけて中国で特務機関の活動をしている際に学んだ各種の中国拳法に幼少のころ学んだ日本の柔術を加味し創始した日本の武道である。