In the singular form of practice we call karate-do we achieve balance. Look at the mind as an equal to heave while the body equates to the earth and finally the heart or spirit relates to humanity. We see in many things a rhythm and we can see this in the number three. When we add these up we end up with "one" which is a balance that connects all in the Universe.
Karate-do requires us when we enter the training hall to learn to control our mind. How this is done initially is we enter the training hall, go the dressing area, open our lockers, and during the process of getting dressed or preparing for training and practice we remove everything in our lives from our mind and focus directly on "training."
Karate-do is a singular form that provides us the tools to directly effect our minds so we may bring about a balance. This form of training requires a good deal from the mind. What ever the mind things translates into what the body does.
When we practice kihon, kata, and kumite we are training the mind to direct the body in very specific ways to accomplish a variety of things. Focus and attention to details are but a couple of traits of the mind we build, hone to a fine degree, and then polish.
As a result of this the mind leads the body into balance between hard and soft, stillness and action, lightness and heaviness, health and sickness, speed and stillness, and between the moment and everything else.
As we practice our karate-do the mind and body soon merge to create an indomitable spirit or heart. If we achieve balance in practice we can then direct that into our lives creating a connection with humanity for what we are in mind, body, and spirit allows us to reach out to others in our dojo, communities, country, and the world or earth.
Think for a minute that with out the heavens earth could not exist; with out the earth and all it has we humans could not exist. The string that connects heave, earth, and humanity creates life. When not in balance we end up with storms, floods, earthquakes, or global warming. How we overcome this is through karate-do for we then create a balance in our minds, bodies, and hearts that allows us to positively connect with others and finally with the earth.
So you can see that the influences of the kenpo-gokui as it applies to karate-do can have far reaching benefits to us as individuals as well as us as a community and finally as the heavens which is our home. Let us find balance!
My personal "Interpretive" Lens!
"One thing has always been true: That book ... or ... that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend." - Louis L'Amour
"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider..." - Francis Bacon
"What is true today may be reevaluated as false not long after. Judgements are frequently based upon a set of "temporary" circumstances surrounding them. Conflicting ideologies can exist simultaneously. Antagonistic dualities are complementary aspects of a unified whole: are seen as mutually dependent mirror images of each other." - Nahum Stiskin
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Kenpo Gokui
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth while the blood circulating is similar to the Sun and Moon yet the manner of drinking and spitting is either soft or hard while a person's unbalance is the same as a weight and the body should be able to change direction at any time as the time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself and both the eyes must see all sides as the ears must listen in all directions while the mind must grasp all the tactile, olfactory and gustation data not seen on all sides and not heard in any direction
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