Isshinryu Karate - Madison

As we approach Shimabuku Tatsuo's birthday we can remember him through what has been passed on to us by Advincula Sensei and other first generation students. This is from Arcenio Advincula Sensei on 9/14/05:

"Good chinkuchi starts from tensing from the bottom up. The stance is the foundation, the flexible elastic waist assits in catapulting and throwing the punch, and the instantanous tighting of all muscles at impact complete and pe*****te and transfers energy into the target.

The stances that cause the greatest rooting from the foundation are naihanchi and sanchin dachi but seisan dachi is a close third.

Good chinkuchi is the cultivation of energy through proper body mechanics which cumulate from a chain of events thats starts from a sound foundation. Just as pliable yet strong yielding bamboo whips and survies from being uprooted from its foundation through a storm, a karateka must be similar in their actions in applying techniques that will uproot a stonger but unbending oak tree.
AJA"

The manner of technique is both soft or hard.

I was reviewing some of my old notes and emails from Advincula Sensei and I ran across this one which I thought I would share (I will eventually incorporate all of them into my online compilation):

1.JINSHIN WA TENCHI NI ONAJI. - The mind is one with heaven and earth.
The first precept; "A persons heart is the same as heaven and earth


Meaning of "jinshin": human nature; human heart; human spirit; kindness; sympathy
Meaning of "onaji (do)": same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless;

Meaning of "tenchi": heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world

JIN SHIN WA TENCHI NI ONAJI.
(1) Heart/Mind as one with the Universe

Other writtings of the first precept of the Kenpo Gokui and by who.


The mind is one with heaven and earth. - Yagi
The mind is the same with heaven and earth. - Funakoshi
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth. - Tatsuo

A persons mind is the same as heaven and earth. - Yokoshi

Human being is just like the universe. - Asian Translation Center

The human mind is one with heaven and earth. Pat McCarthy

The nature of humanity is identical with the (nature of) the universe. ?


In Chinese thought, "heart" and "mind" have the same meaning. In Chinese thought, "Heaven and earth" represent the universe; nature; sphere; world.

So the meaning of the first precept, is that we as human beings, should be one with the universe; world; nature. One with our fellow human beings for world peace by understanding about each other's culture, language, customs, religion. By understanding we will have a greater appreciation of each other. In martial arts, we understand that all bottles' are good. Knocking one bottle off does not make the others better. Understand your fellow human beings and human nature.

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