This means that through the process of becoming secure in your ability as a Uechi-ryu artist, the need to be defensive diminishes and eventually evaporates. This is called the spiritual or the mystical. It is also called the miraculous. From this openness springs many of the legends about martial arts masters. In fact this openness, this unity, is our birthright.
All young children have it and most lose it in the process of growing into adulthood.
But as this is a natural process of loss, the path of the Uechi-ryu artist provides us with the means to return to this openness. The most highly skilled masters were often able to defeat their opponents through what appeared to be only the most minimal, often casual effort. But so far we have only been talking about fighting. Most of us seldom have to fight for reasons other than training. One can perform even the most mundane task with wholehearted attention and intention.