We all know how Lex Luthor feels about aliens with extraordinary abilities who come to Earth and are celebrated by the masses. The exact things Lex hates about Superman exist within Goku, and that is sure to irk the bald billionaire. Lex would undoubtedly try to snake his way into Goku's life, looking to find a way to steal the hero's power. Ranks One-Star Goku Uniform. One-Star (一 (ひと) つ 星 (ぼし), Hitotsuboshi?) uniforms are the most common variety of Goku Uniform, comprised of 10% Life Fiber. The male version is a light gray gakuran uniform with a single large four-pointed star symbol emblazoned on the center of the jacket, and a smaller white star on its collar; and the female version is a white one-piece sailor.
The kenpo gokui is a tome of the I Ching. A terse concept of I Ching along with references that are made to other ancient classics of Chinese origin. Tatsuo was a sumachi or fortune teller who studied the bubishi, the I Ching, and other classics. It was readily seen on a post to his home/dojo a 'hexagram' or what is sometimes referred to as a 'natal hexagram.'
The natal hexagram is the I Ching hexagram that is derived from the persons birth date. Tatsuo was born in the 'year of the monkey.' It is apropos that this be his Chinese astrological sign as he became famous for climbing a telephone pole up and then down, in reverse, i.e. head first. He was agile and strong.
All Systems Goku X
The kenpo gokui was provided to all the black belts who finished their tour of duty, i.e. about 9 to 13 months on average, in the hopes that they would study the kenpo gokui while pursuing their continued practice of karate-do.
He provided the early practitioners a sixth level of black belt with the understanding it took another fifteen years or so of study and practice to achieve that level. In addition he composed a silk paper certificate of the ken-po goku-i also with the hope that they would study it and discover its value in life along with the practice of Isshinryu.
If a practitioner looks they will find that the kenpo gokui is symbolized in a lot of aspects of Isshinryu, i.e. in the name, in the patch which is the Isshinryu-no-megami or goddess of Isshinryu Karate-do. The trouble is Tatsuo did not understand the mentality and belief system of Americans for if he had the rank and silks would not have been provided so quickly. Most pretty much ignored him and went home to don the rank and forget the silk completely.
Even those who in later years decided to reference the kenpo gokui in their practice fell short of what Tatsuo was trying to convey for they continued the practice of failing to study it and relied on a short meeting done once long ago in the U. S. to say they understood and then wrote about it. It turned out as another ego trip.
It has been said that karate-do along with the kenpo gokui was a way of life. I disagree. The study of karate-do and the kenpo gokui are totally separate entities that can influence one another in a variety of ways. No one thing or several things are actually a 'way of life' but they can be tools to provide insight to a better way of life. They both can open the mind and allow for thinking outside the box so that one can better life in general.
To achieve a better way of life involves the individual, not some external device or practice. Sometimes one has to be able to 'see' what normally my be missed, misunderstood, or totally lost to them unless something external triggers a thought or idea in the mind and that leads to possibilities that improve the person and life.
I believe this is actually what Tatsuo wished for his departing students. To be able to achieve an inner eye that would see, an inner ear that would hear, and a mind that would open to the possibilities. The possibilities are laid bare in the practice of karate. It is the exotic practice of karate-do that first tells the individual that they can do and achieve more than they thought. So, why cannot this be the method to show us that the possibilities are far greater in life than we thought.
To study the kenpo gokui leads to other studies where those reference back to the kenpo gokui inspire us to see new ways through the old. Sometimes seeing references in the other writings makes additional references to something else that leads to another writing. We have many strings that connect all things in the Universe and the kenpo gokui and other classics help or assist us in seeing all the strings thus all the myriad things attached and interconnected.
The kenpo gokui is a tome of the I Ching. A terse concept of I Ching along with references that are made to other ancient classics of Chinese origin. Tatsuo was a sumachi or fortune teller who studied the bubishi, the I Ching, and other classics. It was readily seen on a post to his home/dojo a 'hexagram' or what is sometimes referred to as a 'natal hexagram.'
The natal hexagram is the I Ching hexagram that is derived from the persons birth date. Tatsuo was born in the 'year of the monkey.' It is apropos that this be his Chinese astrological sign as he became famous for climbing a telephone pole up and then down, in reverse, i.e. head first. He was agile and strong.
All Systems Goku 2
The kenpo gokui was provided to all the black belts who finished their tour of duty, i.e. about 9 to 13 months on average, in the hopes that they would study the kenpo gokui while pursuing their continued practice of karate-do.
All Systems Goku 13
He provided the early practitioners a sixth level of black belt with the understanding it took another fifteen years or so of study and practice to achieve that level. In addition he composed a silk paper certificate of the ken-po goku-i also with the hope that they would study it and discover its value in life along with the practice of Isshinryu.
If a practitioner looks they will find that the kenpo gokui is symbolized in a lot of aspects of Isshinryu, i.e. in the name, in the patch which is the Isshinryu-no-megami or goddess of Isshinryu Karate-do. The trouble is Tatsuo did not understand the mentality and belief system of Americans for if he had the rank and silks would not have been provided so quickly. Most pretty much ignored him and went home to don the rank and forget the silk completely.
Even those who in later years decided to reference the kenpo gokui in their practice fell short of what Tatsuo was trying to convey for they continued the practice of failing to study it and relied on a short meeting done once long ago in the U. S. to say they understood and then wrote about it. It turned out as another ego trip.
It has been said that karate-do along with the kenpo gokui was a way of life. I disagree. The study of karate-do and the kenpo gokui are totally separate entities that can influence one another in a variety of ways. No one thing or several things are actually a 'way of life' but they can be tools to provide insight to a better way of life. They both can open the mind and allow for thinking outside the box so that one can better life in general.
To achieve a better way of life involves the individual, not some external device or practice. Sometimes one has to be able to 'see' what normally my be missed, misunderstood, or totally lost to them unless something external triggers a thought or idea in the mind and that leads to possibilities that improve the person and life.
I believe this is actually what Tatsuo wished for his departing students. To be able to achieve an inner eye that would see, an inner ear that would hear, and a mind that would open to the possibilities. The possibilities are laid bare in the practice of karate. It is the exotic practice of karate-do that first tells the individual that they can do and achieve more than they thought. So, why cannot this be the method to show us that the possibilities are far greater in life than we thought.
To study the kenpo gokui leads to other studies where those reference back to the kenpo gokui inspire us to see new ways through the old. Sometimes seeing references in the other writings makes additional references to something else that leads to another writing. We have many strings that connect all things in the Universe and the kenpo gokui and other classics help or assist us in seeing all the strings thus all the myriad things attached and interconnected.