In order to be successful in the fighting arts or anything in life for that matter takes balance. To achieve balance may seem simple but through the study of a singular physical/mental/metaphysical form involves a great deal.
We must develop our balance. The gokui as interpreted by Tatsuo Sensei spoke frequently of achieving balance. The entire gokui refers to the balance we must achieve to remain in the proper posture so the head reaches the heavens and the feet remain rooted in the earth while the cycles of "ki" in our bodies circulate as the moon and sun travel in unison around us, Earth, and within the heavens.
To achieve proper balance we must find that rhythm and energy level that sits at the mid point like that mid point between hard and soft, positive relaxation, that allows us to move about freely and unencumbered by the weight of our ego's, environment, bad diet, lack of effort or to much effort, thinking beyond the moment to either the past of future which all create either to much or to little energy so the frequencies are radical causing us to be unbalanced, unhealthy, and subject to many things.
We must contemplate our gokui as it infuses within the fighting arts to achieve not just balance in the physical manifestations of karate but the "one" that balances the Universe itself.
Success in the Fighting Arts should equate to success in LIFE!
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
All Bottles are Truly Good
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