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Gōjū-ryū Japanese for “hard-soft style” is one of the main traditional Okinawan styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Both principles, hard and soft, come from the famous martial arts book Bubishi, used by Okinawan masters. Go means hard, refers to closed hand techniques or straight linear attacks; Ju which means soft, refers to open hand techniques and circular movements.
Mario McKenna wriets about the series of secret guidelines published by Toguchi the Shoreikan Goju-ryu founder in his second English book. Toguchi stated that these principles were taught to him by the founder of Goju-ryu Miyagi Chojun.
Read more about it in his post the Kaisai no Genri.
