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The I-Ching says, "The way one should use the I-Ching is not simply a matter of blindly following the oracle, but rather of understandi...

Many years ago I felt lost. I needed to find a way to be found. I found body building but it lacked something and I also found that it fed t...

"One should gather friends around, as a hair clasp hold together hair, and care about others." I-Ching Tatsuo Sensei said , "...

Do you sometimes feel that if you don't practice/train physically on any particular day that you are neglecting the "Way?" The...

The following was posted originally on her blog site, " The Bare Necessities ", today and it resonates so nicely with what I try t...

Mokuso : A traditional practice performed at the beginning and end of Te training. It is meditation or sitting seiza with silent thoughts di...

"Earth is the symbol of a multitude." says the I-Ching. This could mean society, a group, several persons gathering to form a cohe...

"Working hard yet not showing off, Having great accomplishments yet not feeling complacent, Being honest and sincere to the utmost, Ind...

"Humility is not an innate virtue; it must be cultivated over a long period of time." "One who want to cultivate the quality ...

"One should act positively by doing something with other people cooperatively and harmoniously. The key is to respect people and treat ...

The ancients had great value which was placed upon the quality of humility. The I-Ching says: "One should act positively by doing somet...

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We can look at the heart as the balance of heaven and earth where heaven is the "mind", earth is the body and the heart is the spi...

I have posted on the mind as the main focus of training so that it will lead the spirit and body to enlightenment with a side of self-defens...

ichi | itsu | hito- | hito(tsu) | kazu [hi, hajime, osamu, makoto, and kazu] Original meaning: one, unity, first; to make one, to unify, to ...

I always understood the importance of the Tao, the I-Ching, and Gokui, etc. and that the spirit is most important to life. So today I speak ...

This article means a great deal simply because it denotes that the Military Machine is finally recognizing that training of the mind is more...

The Tao, the I-Ching, and many other classic writings speak of finding the answers. Where do they say we should conduct the search for answe...

Tatsuo Sensei believed in the Way of Gokui. He practiced many actions that opened to the possibilities. He even talked of what leads to brut...