It is considered essential to develop the body's skill through patterned exercises.
As you become skillful in technique through practice, Ki harmonizes and the principle of the place that contains ki is manifested on its own...
Drill and discipline are considered essential...
Though your mind is strong, when you turn your back on form, you will hit a point where you likely won't hit anything at all...
Your intention must be absolutely exact, your form correct, and your ki must fill your entire body and be alive...
When you do not know the advantages and disadvantages of form, you will make mistakes...
When your practice of technique is mature, you control your ki and settle your spirit...
When your practice of karate is mature, when it has deeply penetrated your mind, when you have tried your hand at your techniques and there are neither doubts nor fears, your ki will be vital, your spirit will be settled, and your practical application will go through its changes with complete freedom and without obstacle...
The karate-ka who responds naturally - the karate-ka who comes with out form and goes with out trace, and who has that unexpected mysterious function - has the state of mushin...
To reach the sky you must practice, practice, practice!
- Issai Chozanshi
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