We sometimes take things literally. Kata for example was thought to be a continuous fight from beginning to end. Some felt this was restrictive so gave up kata in lieu of short combination's to fight. It become apparent much later and to a few dedicated kata practitioners that to think in such a limited way closed kata to a short range of benefit.It became apparent to those that one must look at kata from many angles. Singularly, Combination's, and Continuous but not restrict this to the basic form of the kata. We learn this from the study of the Kenpo Gokui and thus the I-Ching, etc.
How? If we take apart the gokui, i.e. Heaven, Earth, and Humanity (persons heart) we see that it is shown in three parts representing the upper (Heaven), lower (Earth), and central-middle (humanity; humans; persons, etc). When we practice our art we divide our bodies into three sections, i.e. jodan (upper), chudan (middle), and gedan (lower).
A bit from the I-Ching, "The yang element at the bottom (lower) is firm and strong and has the potential to help others." which if you look closely this particular reference that comes through out the I-Ching and is hinted at in the Kenpo Gokui refers to having a strong and firm foundation. The kenpo gokui hints at this by referring to unbalance as a weight; body changing directions, and hard and/or soft (the tomes light the way to the I-Ching and they light the path to more).
The I-Ching also divides its interpretations of the hexagrams into "three" parts as well, i.e. lower, central, and upper. The Heavens are above us while the Earth is below us and we connect the two with our feet firmly touching the Earth and our heads/minds reaching to the stars or Heavens above us.
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