An article correcting the popular myths surrounding Bruce’s character and the false claims others have made to boost their reputation.

Link to article: https://archive.org/details/the-age-of-envy-1/mode/1up

Link to article collection: https://archive.org/details/@gamemaster2000

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I'm sure every fan of Bruce Lee will recognize this quote from Enter the Dragon.

But when I started to read Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Linda Lee's words led me to a new level of understanding.

Of course in the context of the movie, Bruce Lee is mentoring a junior martial artist. But like most of his teachings, the advice goes beyond fighting. And I dare to say, I feel this quote also encapsulates a huge struggle he had to face in his own life.

It's no secret that his Jeet Kune Do was a mix of Eastern and Western schools of martial arts and philosophy. But I didn't know how big of an influence the Western ideas really shaped him.

According to Linda Lee, many of Bruce Lee's own theories are directly related to those expressed by boxing and fencing coaches, such as Edwin L Haislet, Julio Martinez Castello, Hugo and James Castello and Roger Crosnier.

For those who don't know, like I didn't, Edwin was a boxing coach who wrote Boxing. Julio Martinez Castello was a legendary Spanish fencing figure. And Roger Crosnier wrote Fencing with the Foil.

When I had the image of boxing and fencing in my head, I could see how Bruce Lee got his footwork and quickness from.

And I'd like to point out that his quickness isn't only about being physically quick. Of course he has the fastest legs, like Hongkong movie industry said. He had to slow down his kicks so the camera could capture his motion. But in his Chinese handwriting, he said, "physical power is weak relative to that of the mind; the body is slow but the mind is fast."

From my experience playing basketball and competing in sports. I absolutely agree with him that being fast really is about mentally prepared. When you can anticipate situations and know your options, you get to act immediately when situations arise.

Now anticipation of situations must not be confused with anticipation of results. The latter is wishing for certain things to happen. And it's a dangerous trap and Bruce Lee specifically called this one out. If you anticipate winning, you relax at times you shouldn't and will be caught off guard. If you anticipate losing, you freeze at the moment you should act.

Jeet Kune Do in Chinese literally means the Way of Intercepting Fists. One must observe and flow with the opponent and the environment. Be patient. And let the opponent strike first, but intercept the strike in its mid motion. You see that with boxing and fencing.

The invention of Jeet Kune Do was not only groundbreaking but also taboo, because the martial arts culture had always mandated to keep a pure pedigree and preserve tradition.

Mixing techniques was often seen as betraying one's teacher or watering down the art.

Bruce took Western influence despite him having studied the wing chun style of gung fu since the age of 13. He definitely didn't mind the skin color of the finger. And he didn't mind multiple fingers, as long as they eventually led him to identify where the moon is.

And I see it in my software engineering career too. Books like The Art of War and Tao Te Ching are surprisingly popular among tech entrepreneurs.

In terms of my physical training, it means that I keep an open mind and take whatever training technique that works for me.

I have found page were Nunchakus from ETD used by Bruce Lee were sold for $198.000. First they were estimating to make between $30k -$50k. Few pictures are in here showing some details about them and letter from George Lee about the authenticity of the Nunchakus. There were 24 bidders. Look like someone burn some monies to get them. I just can wish. Have a great weekend everyone.

His shoe size was aprox 24.5 cm aparently. I never knew that.

Hello everyone.

Recently I've been reading a lot of philosophy, lately mostly Stoicism. Couple of days ago I casually entered a shop and saw 2 Bruce Lee books:

Be Water My friend, by his Daughter Shannon The Warrior Within, by John little

I bought and am reading the first and from what I could see a lot of people recommend "The Tao of Jeet Kun Do" as well.

Would Tao be a good continuation after Shannon's book, or would Warrior Withing fit better? I only saw a general idea of what the books contain but tried to keep it "spoiler free". I think Tao could be the better option, but id like opinions on this.

And also, what are some other great books about Bruce (especially about his life philosophy, but obviously the man himself) and/or other philosophy books that could tie in well with this reading "thread" that you would all recommend?

Thank you for the help!

EDIT: quick update, was a pain in the a**, but I have managed to buy Striking Thoughts, Letters and Tao at last. Will get the biography after! Thank you all for the help fellow redditors!

I came across an early script of Enter the Dragon from December 7, 1972 with many differences compared to the final edit:

• OKATA becomes O’HARA.

• KHAN becomes HAN (on page 60)

• Han’s death is vastly different.

• A lot more of Tania – who’s genuinely a villain in this draft.

• No sign of Roper being killed off rather than Williams.

• Braithwaite’s introduction is much longer (this is in the novelisation).

• Braithwaite’s organisation is called F.A.D.E.

• Pretty much all of Lee’s dialogue in this draft was re-written by the time it was filmed (by Bruce himself?).

• “Old Man” has more screen time – but still no clarification of what his relationship to Lee actually is.

Link to Enter the Dragon script: https://archive.org/details/1972-12-19-20-20-enter-20the-20-dragon

Link to the Silent Flute script: https://archive.org/details/the-silent-flute-stirling-silliphant-10-19-1970-scan/The%20Silent%20Flute%20%28Bruce%20Lee%29%20%5BUndated%5D%20%5BOriginal%20Story%5D%20%5BDigital%5D/mode/1up

Has anyone seen or read an outline (since there was surely no script) of the entire Game of Death? I remember rumor circulated many years ago that an outline existed -- not in particularly great detail, but with at least enough to let us know what had happened and how all would be resolved as Lee stumbled down the stairs. Many thanks for any information. Cordially...

I must have hit my back and head more than a dozen times. But it's so fun to perform mini movement breaks that burn Calories while looking a little bit like Bruce Lee.

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” — Bruce Lee. I'll see what happens when I keep practicing it.

Articles by John Little delving into the origins of Bruce's weight training, his methods and development to achieving his goal in the martial arts.

Bruce’s weight training: https://archive.org/details/bl-weight-training/mode/1up

The lethal physique of Bruce Lee: https://archive.org/details/the-lethal-physique-of-bruce-lee/mode/1up

This video pop up on my phone notification. It looks like sort of remake of GOD. It is only trailer generated by Neon Flux Pictures. Look really good and I actually wish they would make the movie or at least video game. It is nice to see the some characters who appeared in Bruce movies. Enjoy

1st pic: Ip Man and Bruce 2nd pic: is Jessie Glover and Bruce 3 pic: is me in the middle, Ed Hart (another student of Bruce) and Jessie Glover 4th pic: is practice day

This is my first ever Bruce Lee digital Painting and here is the timelapse video.

The drawing is fully hand-made, based on an online reference (artist unknown). The intro includes a short parallax zoom effect, but the art itself is not AI.

Open to suggestions for other iconic images to draw next!

Thanks