Kata of Gokui or Gokui no kata ....

The ken-po goku-i is a kata and contains kata and its essence is derived by a kata. The western interpretation puts the gokui into a form, kata, then they number it from one to eight (my version has a ninth one), also kata, where those numbers tend to place a thought that the gokui is meant to be followed in sequence, if the numbering is actually meant to be there which in my view it is not, which means a rhythm or cadence which is indicative of "kata."

Live itself contains many such kata or forms that come from the simplest form or kata of existence, the yin and yang. The kata here consists of a rhythm and cadence that takes the practitioner, us humans, back and forth through yin and yang or the opposites that make up each side with a seed for the other being inseminated in the process giving birth to the opposite in the same patterns or forms each and every time - kata. 

Our actions during the actual process of yin and yang provides the actions that give the seeds that are buried with each the energy, chi or ki, to germinate the seed and make the seedling sprout and then grow overtaking the others as they diminish until the entire process, kata, is completed and the process begins again - life and reincarnation if you will.