Why would I say this? Karate practice is a form of practice that directs your mind into a type of focus called zanshin or mindfulness. This is a singleness of mind. This is brining your spirit, mind, and body into one whole which is a type of awareness.
This body awareness is meditative in which all the experiences of practice and training come together as a whole and attentiveness is very steady, very focused.
Usually one who achieves this level of mindfulness or equanimity has achieved a type of present moment awareness that stimulates and programs the brain system which is reflected in the mind.
If training and practice are correct and complete then it becomes meditative in nature and that meditative practice is what you use in practice and training to achieve that spirit, mind, body connection to achieve a level of proficiency unachievable in other aspects of life.
This is mind/brain training, this is mokuso, this is present moment, and this is attentive mindfulness.
The kenpo gokui alludes to the meditative practice by inferences to the use of your eyes, ears, body, balance, yin-yang, the body systems to the moon and sun, and the heart to heaven and earth. It is an overall inference to achieving balance within thus equilibrium with the whole world. This is also a goal of meditative practice.
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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