This is also often translated as "the ultimate state or wisdom" of the individual or martial artist. It is about learning the ultimate understanding of the system. In the fighting arts, we need to discern what is called omote and oku. Then we must understand to gokui. First learn the skills then as skills improved learn the mind until it unwinds and flows like water. When this occurs the martial artists shall be exposed to things beyond comprehension - gradually, the deeper principles of fighting.
The ken-po goku-i is a type of Zen martial koan that leads to the ultimate state or wisdom that is gokui.
As to the principles of fighting one must decide what is hidden and what is revealed? It is a matter of weighing the intellect and capability of each individual who studies a martial art that then teach them the Way by ensuring they release the bad and learn the art of bujutsu, so they may attain the laws of the gokui, the true path to martial arts, and develop the undisturbed, presence of present mind that is mushin-no-kokoro. This is an individual journey that one must take themselves for themselves to achieve discipline, diligence and mastery.
To mastery is to train hard, diligently and daily to achieve a balance of shin, mind, and i, will, and to create both kan and ken to reach a place where nothing is clouded, all distractions removed, and the martial artists will know what the true void is - the way of the martial artists.
This is gokui, the ultimate state or wisdom of Isshinryu no Karate.
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