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THE
MASTER THESIS
FOR
BLACK BELT
By Soke Yogi Isreal

KARATE - DO - KATA
Each kata has infinite degrees of vibratory value to the student of karate - do. In order to understand this we must take the being (Student or Sanchin) and divide it into three planes and classify the three into seven groups.

1. BODY, MIND, SPIRIT
2. BODY, SPIRIT, MIND

3.MIND, BODY, SPIRIT
4. MIND, SPIRIT, BODY

5. SPIRIT, BODY, MIND
6. SPIRIT, MIND, BODY

7. TRANCENDENTAL FLOW

All the keys of the martial arts lie in kata. I do not mention fighting because fighting is only one attraction in the art. If one realizes this and becomes form, one need not call it fighting - even under attack. The attacker (Tori) is only the unseen aspect of kata -so- when the unseen does manifest, you, as defender (Uki) need only continue the flow or form. The attack does not have to be on the physical level. It can also be on the mental or spiritual levels. The attack does not have to be anything outside of ones self. ie: The attack can be on your own mental making, by denying the spirit you may be attacking the physical. This is done through non understanding. There can never be an attack from the physical. The physical is only the external expression of spirit. Mental is only the understanding of the forms, whether kata, human, plant, animal, wind or universe.

Let's first define the body or vehicle. The part of sanchin that is vibrating the slowest. It is composed of flexible and non-flexible matter that can be classified biologically as fire, air, earth and water. It is biodegradable once abondoned. The vehicle comes fully equipped with sound, sight, smell, touch, and all that is needed to experience the human jurney. Sight can be experienced in two forms. Insight and the sight that is seen through the eye, an organism that captures and regulates the inflow of reflected and direct light. This allows the being to see matter vibrating in it's own scope of vibration. There are two eyes so that depth can be experienced. Insight has no scope. It is infinite, it is experienced by the "I", being or the being, beings third eye. Smell is a detector to direct foods, atmospheric enemies and diseases in ones body. Touch is four limbs that are sensitized for transformation and distribution of energy. There are two units, two hands and two feet. All four can be conditioned to various degrees of "Go" (Hard) or "Ju" (Soft). Hard for defence and strength, soft for control and healing (another form of exchange). Hearing/Sound consist of the vehicle receiving vibrations in communication - (exchange of energy). The hearing mechanism also controls the balance of the vehicle. Sensitivity is determined by the individuals determination and discipline. This also relates to all other senses. Taste is used for judging ones food. It is one of the hardest senses to control on all planes.
Now that we have broken down body, mind and spiritwe can begin establishing how each kata has it's infinite value to the student. In reading this you might have to look back on the first notes. This breakdown is used for the beginning student who is entering the dojo for the first time. A student may enter the dojo already realized with knowledge, but kata will let the student become familiar with the language of the dojo. Just like all schools, churches, institutions and countries have their own languages - (forms of communications). The object of kata or form is to let the student work with basic stances, blocks, strikes and kicks to become balanced in movement, flowing on all planes.
We must remind ourselves that in truth there is no difference between body and mind. There is only a difference in the degrees of vibration. The body is the external manifistation of the mind, or the material form of the mind. The name mind is given to the analytical aspect of sanchin. This is where the external comes in and the internal goes out. This is keeping it on a simple level. We can also see the mind as the tool in which the individual spirit, soul stores expresses and creates in a positive / negative matter. This balanced point is the acknowledgement of knowledge or understanding.

Mind in itself has no power, just like body in itself has no power. These two aspects - (planes) only have the power that is developed and employed by the individual entity or spirit. This is still on a simple basic level of the mind. Spirit or soul is the motivator. It is minut in size and atomic in nature. It's energy can expand and contract at will, but only if it is in conjunction with the will of sanchin. The individual spirit is only a minut part of the whole. Like an infinite speck of sand in an ocean of forever changing energy, but never changing form. That is the universal form of sanchin. It has no beginning or no end. It's energy flows from the universal spirit to the individual mind to be expressed in the individual body. It can be realized once one has evolved to this understanding.

 

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