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Balance is and has been a subject in conversations since humans first stood upright. No more so than in most physical discipline and no more so in the disciplines involving martial arts and karate.
Balance is discussed in theory, philosophically, as to technique and physiokinetically not to leave out as applied in fighting, Combative's and for self-defense.
We begin to understand the true nature of balance when we open our eyes to see, allow our tactile sense of touch to feel and open our minds to hear all sounds when we are exposed to the secret of the line of balance.
What is the line of balance? It can be understood as the interdependent elements of opposites. The two halves of the whole. In the surface perception they appear as opposites, you cannot have dark without light, push without pull, and hot without cold.
The entire Universe expresses the line of balance for it is found in the spiral of the helix. The Chinese created a symbol of balance that also expresses the line of balance that together also expresses the surreal harmony that connects all elements of nature, both physically and conceptually.
The line of balance is a curved line that are and are not symmetrical as seen essentially as a sinuous 'S' curve of two opposing, and complementary, arc's.
The infinity symbol is two lines of balance combined.
The intersecting line in the yin-yang symbol is a line of balance.
The line of balance forms the patterns seen in nature, in a humans features, and the spiraling actions of the sun, moon and Earth as it travels through the cosmos.
Further Reading:
https://kenpo-gokui.blogspot.com/2012/03/spiralhelix-solar-system-to-universe.html
https://kenpo-gokui.blogspot.com/2012/03/spiralhelix-theory-of-martial-systems.html
https://kenpo-gokui.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-spiralhelix-theory-of-martial.html
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