Click for larger view. The number nine has significance in the ancient Chinese classics and in the Chinese numerology. For this post i...

The characters/ideograms mean "circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy." The first character means, "circl...

Parts being the fundamental principles of martial systems. The sum being the entire whole that are the parts of the fundamental principles...

Sansai [ 三才 ] The characters/ideograms mean "three powers; heaven, earth and man." The first character means, "three,...

"Stand like a mountain, flow like water, move like the wind." - Steven J. Pearlman, The Book of Martial Power This is one ...

This is also often translated as "the ultimate state or wisdom" of the individual or martial artist. It is about learning the ul...

The Ancient Law

無心の心 The characters/ideograms mean "heart of no mind." The first character means, "nothingness; none; ain't; nothin...

The characters/ideograms mean "(accomplished in) both the literary and military arts." The first character means, "sentence...

This is so hard to set down in a manner that is believable. There are some explanations that simply do not make any sense to me. When some...

The characters/ideograms mean "opinion; view; comment." The first character means, "idea; mind; heart; taste; thought; desi...

The characters/ideograms mean "true feelings; root spirit; true heart; heart-mind; original mind." The first character means, ...

"To store up knowledge when young, and to bring it into practical application when old, is the order of things which holds true throu...

The way is wu-wei is the way or the Dao. An enigmatic way of thinking that came from ancient Chinese way of thinking. My recent studies ha...

The characters/ideograms mean "longevity." The first character means, "long; leader," the second character means, ...

The characters/ideograms mean "idleness; inactivity." The first character means, "nothingness, none; ain't; nothing; ni...

Yin is a force of nature - receptive. Yang is a force of nature - creative. Fundamentally the book of changes is about balance through opp...

Hito [ 人 ] The character/ideogram means "man; person; human being; mankind; people; human; humans as a species; character; personalit...

The power of silence. When silence prevails we tend to turn our thoughts inward and gain mind recharge time, i.e. a means to quit the mind...

Seeing, Truly Seeing One of the lines in the ken-po goku-i as presented to the folks who practice Isshinryu Okinawan karate. I speak o...