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> ·    To obtain enlightenment in martial arts means the extension of
> everything which obscures the true knowledge, the real life.
>
> ·    The way to transcend karma lies in the proper use of the mind and
> will.
>
> ·    The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper
> execution of all physical action.
>
> ·    Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can can assume all
> forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all the
> styles.
>
> ·    The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement;
> you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat.
> Let nature take it's course, and your tools will strike at the right
> moment.
>
> ·    The fancy mess solidifies and conditions what was once fluid, and
> when you look at it realistically, it is nothing but blind devotion to
> the systematic uselessness of practicing routines or stunts that lead
> nowhere.
>
> ·    Relaxation is essential for faster and more powerful punching. Let
> your lead punch shoot out loosely and easily; do not tighten up or
> clench your fist until the moment of impact. All punches should end with
> a snap several inches behind the target. Thus, you punch through the
> opponent instead of at him.
>
> ·    Hitting does not mean pushing. True hitting can be likened to the
> snap of a whip -- all the energy is slowly concentrated and then
> suddenly released with a tremendous out pouring of power.
>
> ·    The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be
> forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without
> obstruction.
>
> ·    Jeet Kune Do is not to hurt, but is one of the avenues through to
> which life opens it's secrets to us.
>
> ·    Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take
> winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity
> is the shortest distance between two points.
>
> ·    The art of Jeet Kune Do is simply to simplify.
>
> ·    The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth
> is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.
>
> ·    If you want to understand the truth in martial arts, to see any
> opponent clearly, you must throw away the notion of styles or schools,
> prejudices, likes and dislikes, and so forth. Then, your mind will cease
> all conflict and come to rest. In this silence, you will see totally and
> freshly.
>
> ·    If any style teaches you a method of fighting, then you might be
> able to fight according to the limit of that method, but that is not
> fighting.
>
> ·    If you follow the classical patterns, you are understanding the
> routine, the tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding yourself.
>
> ·    Accumulation of forms, just one modification o conditioning,
> becomes an anchor that holds and ties down; it leads only one way -
> down.
>
> ·    You waste a lot of energy and even making yourself less effective
> by studying " set patterns " (kata), fighting is simple and total.
>
> ·    One of the most neglected elements of martial arts is the physical
> workout. Too much time is spent in developing skill in techniques and
> not enough in physical participation.
>
> ·    To understand combat, one must approach it in a very simple and
> direct manner.
>
> ·    Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in
> the mirror of relationship.
>
> ·    To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
>
> ·    When, in a split second, your life is threatened, do you say, " let
> me make sure my hand is on my hip, and my style is 'the' style? " When
> your life is in danger, do you argue about the method you will adhere to
> while saving yourself? Why the duality?
>
> ·    Why do individuals depend on thousands of years of propaganda? They
> may preach " softness" as the ideal to " firmness, " but when " what is
> hits, " what happens? Ideals, principles, the " what should be " leads
> to hypocrisy.
>
> ·    The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts
> his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his
> thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to
> set patterns, making him narrow and limited.
>
> ·    Please do not be concerned with soft versus firm, kicking versus
> striking, grappling versus hitting and kicking, long-range fighting
> versus in-fighting. There is no such thing as " this " is better than "
> that. " Should there be one thing we must guard against, let it be
> partiality that robs us of our pristine wholeness and make us lose unity
> in the midst of duality.
>
> ·    There are styles that favor straight lines, then there are styles
> that favor curved lines and circles. Styles that cling to one partial
> aspect of combat are in bondage. Jeet Kune Do is a technique for
> acquiring liberty; it is a work of enlightenment.
>
> ·    Jeet Kune do uses all ways and is bound by none and, likewise, uses
> any technique or means which serves its end. In this art, efficiency is
> anything that scores.
>
> ·    To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness
> of what we are.
>
> ·    No fighter uses his leg violently until he warms it up carefully.
> The same principle is equally applicable to any muscles that are to be
> used vigorously.
>
> ·    Springiness and alertness of footwork is the key theme. The rear
> heel is raised and cocked, ever ready to pull the trigger into action.
> You are never set or tensed, but are ready and flexible.
>
> ·    The primary purpose of Jeet Kune Do is kicking, hitting, and
> applying bodily force. Therefore, the use of the on-guard position is to
> obtain the most favorable position.
>
> ·    To hit or kick effectively, it is necessary to shift weight
> constantly from one leg to the other. This means perfect control of body
> balance. Balance is the most important consideration in the on-guard
> position.
>
> ·    Naturalness means easily and comfortably, so all muscles can act
> with the greatest speed and ease. Stand loosely and lightly, avoid
> tension and muscular contraction. Thus, you will both guard and hit with
> more speed, precision and power.
>
> ·    It's not daily increase but decrease - hack away the unessential!
>
> ·    The well-coordinated fighter does everything smoothly and
> gracefully. He seems to glide in and out of distance with minimum of
> effort and a maximum of deception.
>
> ·    A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert
> his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the
> athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even
> though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains
> unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or
> as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.
>
> ·    The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should
> be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same
> time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like
> the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or
> like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.
>
> ·    Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.
>
> ·    Too wide of a stance prevents proper alignment, destroying the
> purpose of balance but obtaining solidarity and power at the cost of
> speed and efficient movement. A short stance prevents balance as it does
> not give a basis from which to work. Speed results but at a loss of
> power and balance.
>
> ·    It is not wise at all to attack without first having gained control
> of the opponent's movement time or hand position. Thus, a smart fighter
> uses every means at his disposal, patiently and systematically, to draw
> the stop-hit. It brings the adversary's hand or leg within his reach and
> gives him the opportunity to gain control of it.
>
> Famous quotes from Bruce Lee:
>
> The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper
> execution of all physical action. There is no fixed teaching. All I can
> provide is an appropriate medicine for a particular ailment.
>
> The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in
> aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a
> human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and
> generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.
>
> Art is an expression of life and transcends both time and space. We must
> employ our own souls through art to give a new form and a new meaning to
> nature or the world. "Artless art" is the artistic process within the
> artist; its meaning is "art of the soul".
>
> The art of Jeet Kune Do is simply to simplify. Jeet Kune Do avoids the
> superficial, penetrates the complex, goes to the heart of the problem
> and pinpoints the key factors. Empty your cup that it may be filled;
> become devoid to gain totality.
>
> When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.
> The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If
> you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the
> tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding yourself.
>
> Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness
> is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of
> mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action
> with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your
> whole being, without exclusion.
>
> A Jeet Kune Do man faces reality and not crystallization of form. The
> tool is a tool of formless form. Self-expression is total, immediate,
> without conception of time, and you can only express that if you are
> free, physically and mentally, from fragmentation.
>
> The Jeet Kune Do man should be on the alert to meet the
> interchangeability of opposites. As soon as his mind "stops" with either
> of them, it loses its own fluidity. A Jeet Kune Do man should keep his
> mind always in the state of emptiness so that his freedom in action will
> never be obstructed.
>
> Jeet Kune Do, ultimately, is not a matter of petty technique but of
> highly developed personal spirituality and physique. It is not a
> question of developing what has already been developed but of recovering
> what has been left behind. These things have been with us, in us, all
> the time and have never been lost or distorted except by our misguided
> manipulation of them. Jeet Kune Do is not a matter of technology but of
> spiritual insight and training.
>
> The tools are at an undifferentiated center of a circle that has no
> circumference, moving and yet not moving, in tension and yet relaxed,
> seeing everything happening and yet not at all anxious about its
> outcome, with nothing purposely designed, nothing consciously
> calculated, no anticipation, no expectation - in short, standing
> innocently like a baby and yet, with all the cunning, subterfuge and
> keen intelligence of a fully mature mind.
>
> I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts
> and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.
>
> Art of the Soul:
>
> The aims of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state
> in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a
> human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and
> generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.
>
> Art reveals itself in psychic understanding of the inner essence of
> things and gives form to the relation of man with nothing, with the
> nature of the absolute.
>
> Art is an expression of life and transcends both time and space. We must
> employ our own souls through art to give a new form and a new meaning to
> nature or the world.
>
> An artist's expression is his soul made apparent, his schooling, as well
> as his "cool" being exhibited. Behind every motion, the music of his
> soul is made visible. Otherwise, his motion is empty and empty motion is
> like an empty word--no meaning.
>
> Eliminate "not clear" thinking and function from your root.
>
> Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of
> enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring
> liberty.
>
> Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection
> within the soul.
>
> "Artless art" is the artistic process within the artist; its meaning is
> "art of the soul." All the various moves of all the tools means a step
> on the way to the absolute aesthetic world of the soul.
>
> Creation in art is the psychic unfolding of the personality, which is
> rooted in the nothing. Its effect is a deepening of the personal
> dimension of the soul.
>
> The artless art is the art of the soul at peace, like moonlight mirrored
> in a deep lake. The ultimate aim of the artist is to use his daily
> activity to become a past master of life, and so lay hold of the art of
> living. Masters in all branches of art must first be masters of living,
> for the soul creates everything.
>
> All vague notions must fall before a pupil can call himself a master.
>
> Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim
> of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but
> the opening of all human capacities--thoght, feeling, will--to the life
> rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and
> the self be brought into harmony with it.
>
> Artistic skill, therefore, does not mean artistic perfection. It remains
> rather a continuing medium or reflection of some step in psychic
> development, the perfection of which is not to be found in shape and
> form, but must radiate from the human soul.
>
> The artistic activity does not lie in art itself as such. It penetrates
> into a deeper world in which all art forms (of things inwardly
> experienced) flow together, aand in which the harmony of soul and cosmos
> in the nothing has its outcome in reality.
>
> It is the artistic process, therefore, that is reality and reality is
> truth.
>
> On Zen:
> To obtain enlightenment in martial art means the extinction of
> everything which obscures the "true knowledge," the "real life." At the
> same time, it implies boundless expansion and, indeed, emphasis should
> fall not on the cultivation of the particular department which merges
> into the totality, but rather on the totality that enters and unites
> that particular department.
>
> The way to transcend karma lies in the proper use of the mind and the
> will. The one-ness of all life is a truth that can be fully realized
> only when false notions of a separate self, whose destiny can be
> considered apart from the whole, are forever annihilated.
>
> Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that.
> The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite--there is nothing which it
> excludes or opposes. It is living voud, because all forms come out of it
> and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love
> of all being.
>
> Turn into a doll made of wood: it has no ego, it thinks nothing, it is
> not grasping or sticky. Let the body and limbs work themselves out in
> accordance with the discipline they have undergone.
>
> If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose
> themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like
> and echo.
>
> Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.
>
> I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves
> that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but
> rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it
> is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest
> hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
>
> The localization of the mind means its freezing. When it ceases to flow
> freely as it is needed, it is no more the mind in it suchness.
>
> The "Immovable" is the concentration of energy at a given focus, as at
> the axis of a wheel, instead of dispersal in scattered activities.
>
> The point is doing of them rather than the accomplishments. There is no
> actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.
>
> To see a thing uncolored by one's own personal preferences and desires
> is to see it in its own pristine simplicity
>
> Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom
> discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is
> making or about to make.
>
> The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not
> like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth
> difference and heaven and earth are set apart; if you want the truth to
> stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between
> "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease.
>
> Wisdom does not consist of trying to wrest the good from the evil but in
> learning to "ride" them as a cork adapts itself to the crests and
> troughs of the waves.
>
> Let yourself go with disease, be with it, keep company with it--this is
> the way to be rid of it.
>
> An assertion is Zen only when it is itself an act and does not refer to
> anything that is asserted in it.
>
> In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and
> nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when
> you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the
> wise will understand.
>
> Establish nothing in regard to oneself. Pass quickly like the non-
> existent and be quiet as purity. Those who gain lose. do not precede
> others, always follow them.
>
> Do not run away; let go. Do not seek, for it will come when least
> expected.
>
> Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as
> though not observing.
>
> There is no fixed teaching. All I can provide is an appropriate medicine
> for a particular ailment.  
>
> When Bruce Lee died in 1973, he did not leave this world without making
> an impact. Beyond his success as a martial arts actor, which was
> transforming enough to the movie industry in bringing the martial arts
> genre to life, he was a teacher. The man who played the role of Kato in
> The Green Hornet and starred in four and a half films was a martial arts
> instructor, and more?he was a philosopher. He majored in philosophy at
> the University of Washington. A man who devoured books on a wide range
> of subjects, from Eastern philosophy to gung fu to psycho-therapy, he
> yearned for knowledge. As he put it, he wanted to express himself, and
> to express himself honestly. In order to express himself honestly, he
> had to know himself well. The idea should remind us of Socrates?
> admonition, ?Know thyself.?
>
> ?All knowledge ultimately means self knowledge,? said Lee in an
> interview. For Lee, ?to be a martial artist means also to be an artist
> of life.?
>
> In Lee?s pursuit of personal perfection, he walked a life of deep
> philosophy that urged him to seek answers and improvement. Shawn Olson
> www.
>
> The person who has no control, responds immediately. If you go up to him
> and tell him, "Your momma does this," or something similar he's going to
> get mad. He'll just lash out instantly, right? He doesn't have the self-
> control to think about it, to even question, 'What's this guy's motive?
> Is he really insulting my momma?' The person without control will just
> react immediately and go after the guy. What was different about Jesus?
> He went in the Temple and sees the money changers defiling His Father's
> house and it filled him with rage. The impulse, if he were not to have
> the control, he would have just started turning over tables right then
> on the spot. But no, what did he do? OK, so, at the second initiation
> you master the emotions. Now even after you pass an initiation you can
> slip back for a period of time because you aren't expected to be 100%%
> perfect but you are expected to be polarized in the mind at the time.
> What do we mean by being polarized in the mind?
>
> An example of this was Bruce Lee's dream confrontation. He was an
> initiate and was confronting his dweller. A famous scene that we saw in
> the movies where a character was faced with his *dweller was Bruce Lee
> where he kept fighting this monster in his dreams. I gave an example of
> me fighting this monster in my dreams. That wasn't really my dweller
> that was just a monster in my dreams. But with Bruce Lee's case I think
> that could have been a representation of his dweller. Bruce Lee was an
> initiate, an initiate in quite a few things. Maybe you've seen the Bruce
> Lee movie where he fights a demon all the time in his dreams. He may
> have not been ready for the third initiation. He could have been ready
> for the second.
>
> *The "dream warrior" that haunts Bruce in "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story".
>
> "Using no way as way, having, no limitation as limitation"
>
> "Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water
> into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it
> becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now,
> water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."
>
> "When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is
> simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and
> tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding
> the routine, the tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding
> yourself."
>
> "Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness
> is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of
> mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action
> with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your
> whole being, without exclusion."
>
> "The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state
> in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a
> human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and
> generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world."
>
> "Art is an expression of life and transcends both time and space. We
> must employ our own souls through art to give a new form and a new
> meaning to nature or the world. "Artless art" is the artistic process
> within the artist; its meaning is "art of the soul"."
>
> "Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness.
> Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression
> he is making or about to make."
>
> "Art reveals itself in psychic understanding of the inner essence of
> things and gives form to the relation of man with nothing, with the
> nature of the absolute."
>
> "An artist's expression is his soul made apparent, his schooling, as
> well as his "cool" being exhibited. Behind every motion, the music of
> his soul is made visible. Otherwise, his motion is empty and empty
> motion is like an empty word; no meaning."
>
> "Art is never decoration or embellishment; instead, it is work of
> enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring
> liberty."
>
> "Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection
> within the soul."
>
> "Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The
> aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses,
> but the opening of all human capacities - thought, feeling, will - to
> the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be
> heard and the self be brought into harmony with it."
>
> "The artistic activity does not lie in art itself as such. It penetrates
> into a deeper world in which all art forms (of things inwardly
> experienced) flow together, and in which the harmony of soul and cosmos
> in the nothing has its outcome in reality."
>
> "It is the artistic process, therefore, that is reality and reality is
> truth."
>
> "If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose
> themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like
> an echo."
>
> "Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but
> adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If
> nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose
> themselves."
>
> "The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not
> like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth
> difference and heaven and earth are set apart; if you want the truth to
> stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between
> "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease."
>
> "Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as
> though not observing."
>
> "Eliminate "not clear" thinking and function from your root."
>
> "Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and
> that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite - there is nothing
> which it excludes or opposes. It is living void, because all forms come
> out of it and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power
> and the love of all being."
>
> "Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped."
>
> "The point is doing of them rather than the accomplishments. There is no
> actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience."
>
> "To see a thing uncolored by one's own personal preferences and desires
> is to see it in its own pristine simplicity."
>
> "Wisdom does not consist of trying to wrest the good from the evil but
> in learning to "ride" them as a cork adapts itself to the crests and
> troughs of the waves." This quote was plagiarized by Bruce Lee for an
> essay he submitted to the University of Washington at Seattle. The
> actual source of the quote is Alan Watts' book "This Is It" (1959).
>
> "It's not daily increase but decrease - hack away the unessential!"
>
> ?Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a
> difficult one.?
>
> Bruce Lee. Philosopher.
> --
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