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"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

The lines of the ken-po goku-i are set from an atomistic aspect simply because it is the manner in which the brain learns. Its nature is completely holistic and like the I Ching must be in a form that promotes learning and understanding so a person can see, hear and grasp the nature of a holistic system. The gokui is a method to teach us how to be holistic. Its terseness is the best that can be done to convey its holistic meaning.

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


Master Zeng said, "Am I preaching what I have not practiced myself?"

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The Meaning of Tao - VIII

The Taoism of old occupied itself with the belief that the breath or vital force was the way to manage longer life. ... They go on to say, "The Way of Heaven = The Heavenly Tao," which is exemplified by man. ... Finally the Tao says, "The gates of Heaven is a Taoistic phrase for the nostrils as the organ of the breath."

[In the goku-i the first tome talks of Heaven; the I Ching and other ancient texts also expound on Heaven, Earth, and Man in a variety of references. This particular passage in the Tao-te-Ching leads us to understand that references to heaven in the translations is far different from our perception. In this last quote it carries to full circle since breathe is vital to longer life and at the end Heaven is connected to the nostrils for that same breathe.

Breathing is a "key" in life and especially within the fighting/martial art applications. Health and all we are internally start and end with breathe. Breathing can influence the heart and its beating. Longer and deeper breathes can cause the heart to beat slower. Breathes can influence aspects of the body where it causes changes in the brain/mind and the mind then leads the body to react to this change either in a positive way or negative.

Negative effects are when suddenly surprised the breathe becomes shallow and quick causing stress and sometimes fear while a positive effect is you recognize it instinctually thus breathe slower, deeper, diaphragmatically, resulting is changes that reduce the stress and fear and allow for clear thinking processes, etc.

Breathing is connected to all of the body and mind in so many ways that one needs to study this long to achieve a modicum of knowledge but for FMA/MA practitioners all you need to know is when the adrenaline dump hits practice to breathe slower, deeper, and diaphragmatically.]

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