Tao of Jeet Kune Do
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This is Bruce Lee’s treatise on his martial art, jeet kune do. This international best seller includes the philosophy of jeet kune do, mental and physical training, martial qualities, attack, and strategy. BEST SELLER!Amazon.com Review
To watch Bruce Lee on film is an amazing experience. Those who have read Tao of Jeet Kune Do, however, know that Lee’s prose can also be exhilarating. This praiseworthy and enduring bestseller (mainly written over six months when Lee was bedridden with back problems) compiles philisophical aphorisms, explanations on technique, and sketches by the master himself…. More >>
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1 The book is poorly illustrated, badly organized and full of especially foolish ideas when it comes to self defense and fighting in general. 2 Lee says traditional martial arts are too restricting, yet what he suggests instead, “Jeet Kune Do,” is even more restricting than most traditional martial arts. 3 He discounts all the credentials of all of the past martial arts instructors, ignoring all of their accomplishments, skills, and fighters. He essentially is saying “I am smarter than all of the other martial artists ever born put together.” 4 His material is not new but borrowed from modern boxing, French kickboxing, and Wing Chun. Ironically, any 3 of these arts are a superior form of hand to hand fighting to Bruce’s “Jeet Kune Do.” 5 The problem with using Wing Chun as an example of a traditional Chinese martial art is that Wing Chun was designed to have a very fast learning curve and has only 3 forms. Most kung fu systems have at least a dozen forms offering an extremely wide variety of grappling, striking, defense and weapon techniques. 6 Bruce Lee’s grasp of modern boxing is clearly inaccurate. He depicts all boxers as fighting left handed, with their right foot forward. It’s common knowledge that most boxers are right handed and lead with their left foot. He is clearly misrepresenting the art of boxing. It follows then that much else of what he discusses is most likely intentionally misrepresented. 7 Bruce Lee’s credentials are? He was in some movies and charged outrageous rates (not something to look for in a source of martial arts instruction.) Claims have been made about how he was the world’s greatest fighter, but there’s literally no evidence to support this. Even his own accounts of his “fights” differ greatly, and neutral outside witnesses often state that he was not victorious in his various private matches. Bruce Lee was in no position to call himself a martial arts master, least bit in a position to offer the martial arts world a new way of thinking. His new way of thinking? He suggests that you open your mind to his views when he himself was not willing to open his mind to even the most simple orthodox fighting standards.
IT’S BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE I ORDERED THIS ITEM AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT OR GOTTEN A REFUND!!!
Although this book is “composed” of incoherent scratchings, many people regard Bruce Lee as a genius because of it. How sad.
I DO NOT KNOW MR.BRUCE LEE PERSONALLY, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD, READ, AND SEEN I COULD SAY THAT HE IS THE BEST. I WISH TO BECOME HIM I KNOW ITS NOT EASY, BUT I WILL TRY. HIS BOOKS WILL HELP ME ALONG THE WAY AND ACHIEVE MY GOAL OF BEING THE NEXT GREAT MARTIAL ARTIST NOT BRUCE LEE AND ONE AND HE IS NOT HERE. GOD REST HIS SOUL. IF ANY OF MR. BRUCE LEE’S FAMILY OR FRIENDS SEE THIS PLEASE EMAIL ME AND TELL ME MORE SO I CAN LEARN. THANK YOU
Maybe is my knowlegde of the English Language or the Book isn’t really that good. I have spent 3 months in a hospital last year after I’ve been attacked by GRACIE JIU JITSU students in my own School. After I have recovered myself from the encounter I decided start training Martial Arts hardly and what would be better than learning JKD – I throught -. Man, how could I’ve been so blind. After training for 7 months and a half, those guys challenged me again, I fought and I got myself pretty hurt again. I sold this book (and the 5 other ones: 4 BRUCE LEE’S FIGHTING METHOD and CHINESE GUNG FU.) I don’t know what to think except that fact that I think what made of Lee the Greatest Martial Artist in the World was the fact that he was strong (full of muscles, while I’m pretty thin), that way he could make his opponents get scarry, afraid or maybe I’m such a weak looser who not even knows how to use the mind anymore in high school.