The beginning of understanding does not come with koans.
It becomes with foundational and tangible knowledge and with time and further understanding moves away from from hard textual information and postulation.
In Kungfu, you begin by mimicing what you are shown.
You internalize what you have been taught by doing.
Then you become it and it becomes you.
You cannot have a result without a beginning.
When you see the snow blocking your way to the road, you have to do the work of clearing it before you can get on the path.
I’ve been taking kungfu about a year at a very traditional, authentic school (I won’t mention the style) but it is my zen. I’ve just got an empty bookshelf in the house and wanted to fill it with something