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The Kempo Hakku is a poem from a Chinese text, The Bubishi.

The Kempo Hakku.

The very important eight poems of the martial arts.

 Jinshin wa tenchi ni onaji
 The mind is one with heaven and earth

 Ketsumyaku wa nichigetsu ni nitari
 The circulatory rhythm of the body is similar to the cycle of the sun and the moon

 Ho wa goju wo tondo su
 The way of inhaling and exhaling is both hardness and softness

 Mi wa toki ni shitagai hen ni ozu
 Act in accordance with time and change
 
 Te wa ku ni ai sunawachi hairu
 Techniques will occur in the absence of conscious thought
 
 Shintai wa hakarite riho su
 The feet must advance and retreat, separate and meet
 
 Me wa shiho wo miru wo yosu
 The eyes do not miss even the slightest change
 
 Mimi wa yoku happo wo kiku

 The ears listen well in all directions

The very important eight poems of the martial arts

 Jinshin wa tenchi ni onaji
 The mind is one with heaven and earth

 Ketsumyaku wa nichigetsu ni nitari
 The circulatory rhythm of the body is similar to the cycle of the sun and the moon

 Ho wa goju wo tondo su
 The way of inhaling and exhaling is both hardness and softness

 Mi wa toki ni shitagai hen ni ozu
 Act in accordance with time and change

 Te wa ku ni ai sunawachi hairu
 Techniques will occur in the absence of conscious thought

 Shintai wa hakarite riho su
 The feet must advance and retreat, separate and meet

 Me wa shiho wo miru wo yosu
 The eyes do not miss even the slightest change

 Mimi wa yoku happo wo kiku

 The ears listen well in all directions