He wasn't competing but was there as a celebrity guest. I had the opportunity to see Bruce Lee in action at an East Coast karate tournament in 1969. Those of you unfortunates stuck in black belt factories please study this book it will open a new world for you. How rich would the world of culture be today if Michealangelo merely copied Davinci or Monet was discouraged to explore impressionism saying it was not "true art"?Lee breaks new ground and we who study him are the richer for it.I recommend this book to any one with a serious interest in the martial arts. Arts by definition are intensly personal and open for interpretation. By and large that is what the so-called kwoons teach these days.One way and one way only, for $$$$$ we guarantee a black belt in 14 months. How poor would other arts be if all of the artists merely copied others - I don't mean inspired by others but COPIED others. I have been a Bruce Lee fan for 30 years and while I have never had the honor of meeting him or personally seeing him in form, I have been inspired and awed by him.The Tao of Jeet Kune Do is an inspired and original work and to me embodies the essense of the true martial artist. One that is infinitely flexible and adaptable to the individual and the situation. Jeet Kune Do is the style that is not a style. Too many of us get too into dictated technique and form as well as tradition to appreciate Lee's theories. I often refer to sections of it for advice and inspiration.While Lee's views on the arts may be controversial, I think that anyone who has studied the arts seriously [ this excludes the black belt factories ) can appreciate the philosophical tone of the work. I have had my copy of this book for many years.
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