In the town of this narration there were learned students and practitioners of martial arts, who besides practicing and having friendly combats, also had dialogues trying to find explanations that better could define the most important force of the martial arts. The turn came to explain something that seems impossible to define. What is Ki?
A contest was set for that purpose and there were very knowledgeable persons. One of them said: "Ki is the inner force" While another said: " Ki is the universal force" And another was saying " With Ki, everything, without Ki, nothing" Another persons were talking about breathing, concentration, mysteries and equilibrium. While others were saying that it can't be defined, that is as an ocean that flows with infinite waves.
And they all together, concluded that all their explanations could be part of the same fundamental essence. And maybe as a natural reflection, they all looked at the older person. And one of them addressed him directly and with great respect, asked him: " Sir, because of your age, you are probably the one who knows the most since you easily double or triple the age of many of the persons here. Please tell us, what is Ki?"
And it was as the sun awakening in the morning, that old man who seemed to be sleeping, awoke as the bud of the flower, happily receiving the light of the sun. And he said: " Ki is like the child who is born. It is a tree that grows. The bird starting to fly. The sky full of stars. The voice of the plentiful river. And it is even the sleep of the bear. It is the tender hand of the mother. The discipline of the father who honors justice and truth. Ki is man and nature. It is the perfect science of certainty and as there was a yesterday, and today is now, then, Ki will continue tomorrow, as the eternal daybreak."
Then, they all understood that Ki is mother, father, son. That it is human and is not human. Ki is then, the brightness of Divine Breath.
