This blog is to express my personal take on the gokui (also referred to as the "marital art precepts", "the eight precepts of...

Consider this: The universe holds the heavens above such as the stars, the moon, the sun, and other "heavenly" bodies which includ...

Ops, forgot sequence five...sorry body | follow | time | adapt | changes This sequence when compared to the gokui provided by Tatsuo Sensei ...

I believe the lesson we should take away from this particular posting is that every thing in life and the Universe is fluid. It has its own ...

ear/s | ability | hear | eight (all around/all sides) | directions ear/s - in this instance we could say the same as sequence seven with the...

eye/s | must | see | 4 | sides eye/s - there are at least two types this may refer to, one is our actual "eyes" or the second is t...

hand | time | empty | rule | enter hand - the hand itself then how does it connect to time, empty, rule, enter...? we can see the relationsh...

weight | advance | retreat | disengage | engage weight - could this be our bodies as to how it reacts when out of kilter in relation to adva...

method | hard | soft | drink | spit method - what method? the method used in a technique; a method of living our lives; a method of connecti...

I was researching the gokui's first pome with interest in "heaven and earth" as it might relate to the fighting arts and life ...

It is well known that certain individuals, Marines, were entrusted with Roku-dan with an understanding it would be earned after about ten to...

blood | pulse | similar | sun | moon blood - could it mean the energy we have in our bodies or is it literal as to the blood as it flows thr...

person | heart | same | heaven | earth person - could it mean a person as in you or I as we study; does it mean that a person and heart shal...

1. person | heart | same | heaven | earth; a persons heart is the same as heaven and earth. 2. blood | pulse | similar | sun | moon; the b...

1. Person | Heart | Same | Heaven | Earth The kanji that is the kenpo gokui is not as explicit or as simple a translation to English as I be...

There are no absolutes in karate-do. There are no absolutes in life. When we study and interpret the kenpo gokui we are learning our own ken...

We need to separate and/or segregate things into silo's to learn. Apparently we need this type of beginning in order to practice and the...

In the singular form of practice we call karate-do we achieve balance. Look at the mind as an equal to heave while the body equates to the e...

An exercise in the possibilities: 1. A persons spirit is born of the mind and heart. 2. Ki circulates much like the cycles of the sun and mo...

We all can agree that nutrition plays a vital part in our lives. To achieve a level of proficiency in mind and body, to achieve a level of f...