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This text is a complete presentation of Bruce Lee's art of Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do, and is an expanded sequel to the bestselling "Tao of Jeet Kune Do". The development of Bruce Lee's unique martial art form, its principles, core techniques, lesson plans, and illustrative sketches are presented here in Lee's own words. The inclusive "Questions Every Martial Artist Must Ask Himself" are a series of questions that Bruce posed to himself and intended to explore as part of his own martial art development, but never lived to complete. The resulting book is an insightful look into the world of Bruce Lee.
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Martial art includes all the combative arts like karate, judo, Chinese gung fu or Chinese boxing, aikido, Korean karate-I could go on and on and on. Read the first page
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think I could agree with some of the points from others who have reviewed the book. I think that it has been bulked up with unnecessary stuff, like Jab cross left stancer...right stancer boring to read. Although, as an Instructor of JKD, I did enjoy it. It was quite good to read some of Lee's notes. It was a pitty that there wasn't much on Dan Inosanto. I would say if you like Bruce Lee it's worth reading. Don't take it too seriously though.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Bruce, his films, theories, ideas and his life in general, but . . . .
It's a loose collection of notes which aren't very well put together, only Bruce himself could have done this book justice. I think you'll find that it goes against what he was about i.e. conforming something that has no form, he increasingly applies methods, something he wanted to avoid. I think he'd have sooner burned these notes than have them printed.
As I say, it has some good quotes from the man himself but there are some parts that I think were added just to bulk up the book. I was disgusted when I found that a lot of it was little move variations which had no relevance to the prior text. For example it goes from the principle of jeet kune do, to notes like- side kick high-left stance; side kick low-right stance. It all left me rather confused. Only buy it if your into Bruce Lee in a big way, otherwise get The Celbrated Life of the Golden Dragon, it well documents his career and life, and has some very good photos.
It's a loose collection of notes which aren't very well put together, only Bruce himself could have done this book justice. I think you'll find that it goes against what he was about i.e. conforming something that has no form, he increasingly applies methods, something he wanted to avoid. I think he'd have sooner burned these notes than have them printed.
As I say, it has some good quotes from the man himself but there are some parts that I think were added just to bulk up the book. I was disgusted when I found that a lot of it was little move variations which had no relevance to the prior text. For example it goes from the principle of jeet kune do, to notes like- side kick high-left stance; side kick low-right stance. It all left me rather confused. Only buy it if your into Bruce Lee in a big way, otherwise get The Celbrated Life of the Golden Dragon, it well documents his career and life, and has some very good photos.
Format:Paperback
Having been a fan of Bruce and studied JKD some years ago I thought about getting back into it. Having seen this book around a friends I decided to get my own copy. Personally it is a great book as it gives you insight into Bruce's own thoughts on martial arts and how he developed his 'style' of fighting. At first his words seem contradictory but as you read further it becomes clearer as to what he is describing. This might seem like a prelude to a brainache but actually it is the opposite, freeing you to think and work on your own beliefs and train in a similar vein to Bruce himself. This freedom of evolution is what attracted me to Bruce Lee's writings in the first place. Having someone actively encouraging you to think about, evolve and challenge his words makes for a very inspiring experience.
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Tao of Jeet Kune Do
This has to be the definitive book on Bruce Lee's martial art. If you own this you do not need "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do". Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2007 by M. A. Ramos
Interesting Read
The book was a good read. It's brimming with content but I was a little disapointed. the book isn't easy to read because it has been created out of notes and it's rare to see any... Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2004 by "jeetkunedolover"
more a scrap book that a coherent story - bits & bobs
I was disappointed by it. I guess this is scraping the bottom of the bruce lee barrel - bits and pieces of jottings on various attacks and moves. Read more
Published on 12 May 2001 by rte6vm@hotmail.com
An excellent guide for all practitioners of jkd and kung fu
This book is brilliant for all practising martial artists techniques are not explained as the book is aimed at people that are pracising martial arts in a class but the way to use... Read more
Published on 23 May 2000 by Nick
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