Totality of Principles

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Technique is one thing and that limits it effectiveness, applicability and efficiency. In the same light one fundamental principle also limits its effectiveness, applicability and efficiency.

Chinkuchi is a matter of a totality of principles and resulting methodologies that make them effective, applicable and efficient.

Only in the initial learning stages are singular separate techniques are taught to initiate into individual principles and methods to build the foundation of a creative application of the totality of principles and methodologies for the chaotic creativity necessary to survive, self-protection.

One thing cannot and is no and can’t be indicative of the whole for to make a whole you need all of its parts.

A finger does not make a person;

A hair does not make a person;

One gene or one segment of DNA does not make a person: all the DNA with all its gene’s after its full gestation produces a human.

• making a fist is not the ability to box;
• Doing a kata is not the ability to fight or self-protect;
• Being physically strong is not a fighting and self-protection skill.

The ability to apply a collective of skills, abilities and principled based methods creatively in the moment for that situation is both self-protection/defense and sport fighting at its best and you already know that to be true.

Using any one particular skill or technique or even an exercise like pushups is representative of either the whole or even part of a concept, say like, “Chinkuchi” BECAUSE such concepts are a collective of things that make it whole and like a stool, as you can imagine, if you remove a leg it will not achieve its purpose and the leg itself loses its original purpose.

Think of the symbology of bottles, as individual bottles they serve one purpose but as a collective of bottles they serve a multitude of purposes. Think one person and a bottle of beverage and a collective that satisfies an entire group... a social collective event like a - PARTY!

Note: Totality is also critically important in defending one’s position in a legal defense of self-defense. As many of my sources seem to point to is that the legal system is going to use the “nit-pickin” process of every single sole singular thing you did or said and tear it apart to prove their point that you are a criminal that needs to spend time in jail BECAUSE that is how it may be done. The truth is, you need to focus on the totality of evidence that proves across the entire spectrum of facts in the process that prove you were actually legally defending yourself. Side-note: do the research to discover how this works, for instance Jim Fleming’s great book AFTERMATH: Lessons in Self-Defense. Oh, and don’t forget another one of my favorites by Marc MacYoung, “In the Name of Self-Defense. (there are many more like Rory Miller’s stuff but too numerous to name, see bibliography)” 

For reference and sources and professionals go here: Bibliography (Click the link)