Relentless Intent

A phrase coined in the book, "Embodying Spirit: The Inner Work of the Warrior" by George Breed, first generation student of Tatsuo Sensei Isshinryu.

If I understand his intent, no pun here, I believe that this is the process we train in daily when we do kata with visualization or Tatsuo Kumite, etc. It is to focus on a particular action with extreme intensity so that by the time you are confronted by an antagonist the battle is already done and finished.

I quote from the book, "The mission is accomplished before it is accomplished." I firmly believe that this is why we train seriously, diligently, and continuously in karate-do and life.

We train in karate-do in such a manner that we develop that relentless intent for combat. If we take it a bit further as we discover in our study of the gokui we then can apply this type of ability to our every day lives.

This warrants considerable discovery through full attention and concentration!