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Goju Ryu Poem:
Eight Great Points of Principle
for Fist Fighting

(Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD)
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Translator's Note: I have translated this poem from the original Chinese text entitled '白鹤武备志 白鹤拳起源', or 'White Crane Martial Perfection Record - Origins of White Crane Fist.' It is a poem famous within Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and bridges Chinese and Okinawan martial cultures. Many extant translations simply copy one another and mistranslations, errors, and misunderstandings are perpetuated without checking primary Chinese sources.
ACW 22.02.14

Eight Great Points of Principle for Fist Fighting
 
The mind of humanity is one with the Divine Sky and the Broad Earth.
 
The blood flow resembles the interchange of sun and moon.
 
The law of rigidity and flexibility is like swallowing and spitting.
 
The body follows and adapts to the times.
 
The hand encounters (and enters) emptiness.
 
Advance and retreat an exact distance – leave and return.
 
It is essential to observe and sense the four directions.
 
The ear listens and hears in all directions,
 
The Eight sentences are essential for the acquisition of the Fist Law.

©opyright: Adrian Chan-Wyles (ShiDaDao) 2014

Original Chinese Text Source: Bei He Quan - Wu Bei Zhi
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/493193134
拳法之大要八句
 
人心同天地
 
血脉似日月
 
法刚柔吞吐
 
身随时应变
 
手逢空则入
 
码进退离逢
 
目要观四向
 
耳能听听八方
 
此八句者拳之的要也
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