Bruce Lee’s Biography Black Belt（李小龙的传记黑带）.pdf

Bruce Lee’s Biography and the Birth of Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Linda Lee Cadwell Images by Bruce Lee 1 BLACK BELT 2 BLACK BELT The TAO A nd Why iT CA me TO be The publishing of Tao of Jeet Kune Do was the idea of Linda Lee Cadwell. After her husband, Bruce Lee, passed away, she was left as the steward of a wealth of writings and information primarily on her husband’s ideas about his martial art, jeet kune do. During his life, Lee had been working on writing a book about jeet kune do but struggled always with whether to publish it. He was afraid that the book might be used as a thing set in stone, a gospel truth that would ultimately limit the reader rather than liberate him or her. But once Lee had passed away, Cadwell, a little uncertain of what she should do to best honor her husband’s memory and lifework, decided that the thing to do was to share this gift with the world. * THE HEART OF THE MARTIAL ARTS IS IN UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES To understand techniques, you must learn that they contain a lot of condensed movement. This may look quite awkward. When you start to learn it, you will find that it is awkward to you. That is because a good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension and the use of a free style. When you have that, you will know that there are n