The ken-po goku-i speaks of the "heart" which is given the character 心 and is also a part of the characters that give us the English translation of "Isshinryu" or "One Heart System/Style." 一 心 流 which if you go a bit further you will find that the character used to denote the "mind" for mind-body is also the one for heart and spirit, i.e. 心 and since these all lead to the human person in relation to the heavens or the tai-chi we can see a connection to the system of karate-do we call Okinawa Isshinryu.
We also then find that in the Book of Martial Power by Steven J. Pearlman he has a section on the principle of Body-Mind where I quoted in a previous post on one of my blogs.
The Isshinryu system and its connections to the Ancient Classics as well as the gateway of the ken-po goku-i along side the preaching of Tatsuo Sensei that we Americans must get to know the Okinawans as to customs, courtesies, and beliefs for to do this gives us insight to the systems they created and pass on to us as practitioners.
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