Kenpō

Kenpō (Japanese: 拳法,けんぽう) is the name of several martial arts. This term is often informally transliterated as "kempo", as a result of applying Traditional Hepburn romanization, but failing to use a macron to indicate the long vowel. The word Kenpō translates to "Fist Method" (as with quanfa): "ken" meaning "fist" and "po" meaning "method/law". The generic nature of the term combined with its widespread, cross-cultural adoption in the martial arts community has led to many divergent definitions.