Critical Point

A very critical point in the study of the Ancient Classics, as well as our practice of the FA/MA, is the parallel cultural phenomena in East and West which are "mirror images" of each other. This was first discovered when the Early Heaven sequence was discovered to be a direct mirror image of the "Leibniz Binary system." The early heaven sequence was created by Shao Yung centuries earlier and when Leibniz got a hold of it from Jesuit's he discovered this truth.

We all should know that the binary system is a system of "1's" and "0's" and this system permeates the very core of our lives today, computer binary language from which all electronic and computer systems run.

The key to this system for Leibniz was number; to Shao Ying, it was the hexagram. This is redacted from the Wilhelm lecture titled, "The Later History of the Book of Changes."

What this means to us who practice an Asian art form such as karate we should always keep in our minds that our interpretations of this will in all likelihood be the opposite of what is actually meant.

Our perspective is of a Westerner and as proven here as well in the I Ching and the Isshinryu Ken-po Goku-i we should first understand it from their view, not ours, for ours is directly opposed to theirs.

Keep this in mind when studying the classics, studying the ken-po goku-i, Asian philosophies, and our own practice of the arts. That is if we truly wish to learn the Asian/Okinawan Art of Isshinryu!

p.s. Bushi Tatsuo Sensei asked of us to just take the time to learn about Okinawa, Okinawan people, and their lives and customs to better understand and learn.