And what really happens is that ‘ki‘ gives direction to phenomena that it does not initiate, and physical ‘waza‘ initiate phenomena without giving them direction.
– – – translated (and possibly paraphrased in translation) by Itsuo Tsuda, recorded by André Nocquet Shihan in his Hombu training diary, 1955-57. Published in Maître Morihei Ueshia: présence et message p.225