The Knowledge & Wisdom in Kung Fu To’a

The Kung Fu To’a Ka close the knees together and by bending them he lower himself. The hands are opened, the right hand is on the left hand and both are kept in front of the face.

When the Hamrah starts his journey in Kung Fu To’a, he is without any knowledge and experience on this Art, his mind is like a white sheet of paper where the words of knowledge and wisdom have still to been written, and this is the time when he starts his quest. Step by step under the guidance of the Leader or Master of the class, the Kung Fu Ka access gradually to the technicals and philosophicals aspects of this martial art, working both on his mind and his body, forging his character and personality.

The position of the hands and the hands themselves have a specific meaning. The right hand represents the soul, the left hand represents the body. The back of the hand symbolize the lacking, the void and the unknown, while the palms represents the presence of knowledge.

For this reason in Suto, the third step in Kung Fu To’a, the palms of the hands are pushed forward and the backs are turned toward the hamrah, to symbolize that the Kung Fu Ka is in that moment without knowledge, and he starts his search, pushing himself to develop both his body and mind.
But at the end of Suto, the position of the hands are opposite. Now, the palms are kept in front of his face to symbolize that he now sees the ocean of knowledge that is displaid in front of him.

The Knowledge and Wisodom in To’a is like an unlimited and endless source from which the Kung Fu Ka draw fully throughout his life, and he keeps on learning all along the Path.
With this awareness of this unlimited potential, he also understands how to deal with the surrounding environment to put this knowledge in practice and how to use the experience he acquired.
This new understanding of what once were for him the secrets of the body and mind bring a deeper consciousness, and astonished and impressed by this sight he doesn’t make himself big, he doesn’t allow his Ego to overwhelm him, and as a good and humble pupil he shows his respect and gratitude to the Master by bending his knee and lowering himself in front of him.