Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Book Review: 05 013 4812512
Summary: 5 Stars
Av. Pres. Kennedy, 26.418 - Praia GrandBook Review: 05 013 4812512
Summary: 5 Stars
Av. Pres. Kennedy, 26.418 - Praia GrandBook Review: 2
Summary: 4 Stars
Whether you're serious or not about the martial arts, I strongly
recommend this book. Trouble is, if you're not serious you won't
understand a lot of it. Many of the concepts and theory presented are
complex and require a strong background in martial arts to understand.
Regardless, any beginner will be better off for having read it. This
is one of those books you'll read more than once because there is so
much of Bruce's insight contained within this book. The book is not
an exciting read, but it's one that you'll always keep. Tao contains
Bruce's philosophy, mind set, and techniques that made him unique. I
rated the book as 4 stars only because it's not necessarily an
enjoyable read, but it's a great one.
Ted Weimann, author Warrior
Speed.
Book Review: 2 to 3 stars at best
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok, I've been studying martial arts for almost 11 years now, and I've been fighting, amateur, semi-professionally and some pro fights for the last 4 years. I've read Lee's book and was very disappointed by it. From all the reviews I'd heard and read, I thought it would be truly great. I was very surprised to read it, then I did a little digging and discovered a lot of stuff I didn't know before. The book is heavily influenced by Lee's degree in philosophy, in fact, it reads like a philo book I had in college, most of it is from text books on the subject. The actual martial arts techniques in it are very simple, some VERY basic boxing tech's, and some of the most simple tech's from various styles. Nothing impressive to any one with any real martial arts training.What set this book apart from others when it came out was that it was the first book on actively cross-training styles. LEe wasn't the first one to do this, in fact almost all of the "original" or "classical" styles Lee didn't like were and are a combination of other styles. Their founders crosstrained and melded together. however, they did this over a period of years of training in each style, Lee spent much much less time getting techniques from individual styles
Overall, this book can be summed up like this : Lee tells you to study different styles, taking what you like and what you can get to work, ignore the rest and makeyour own unique martial art that works best for you. Pretty simple.
Book Review: 7 problems with "The Art of Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee
Summary: 1 Stars
1 The book is poorly illustrated, badly organized and full of especially foolish ideas when it comes to self defense and fighting in general. 2 Lee says traditional martial arts are too restricting, yet what he suggests instead, "Jeet Kune Do," is even more restricting than most traditional martial arts. 3 He discounts all the credentials of all of the past martial arts instructors, ignoring all of their accomplishments, skills, and fighters. He essentially is saying "I am smarter than all of the other martial artists ever born put together." 4 His material is not new but borrowed from modern boxing, French kickboxing, and Wing Chun. Ironically, any 3 of these arts are a superior form of hand to hand fighting to Bruce's "Jeet Kune Do." 5 The problem with using Wing Chun as an example of a traditional Chinese martial art is that Wing Chun was designed to have a very fast learning curve and has only 3 forms. Most kung fu systems have at least a dozen forms offering an extremely wide variety of grappling, striking, defense and weapon techniques. 6 Bruce Lee's grasp of modern boxing is clearly inaccurate. He depicts all boxers as fighting left handed, with their right foot forward. It's common knowledge that most boxers are right handed and lead with their left foot. He is clearly misrepresenting the art of boxing. It follows then that much else of what he discusses is most likely intentionally misrepresented. 7 Bruce Lee's credentials are? He was in some movies and charged outrageous rates (not something to look for in a source of martial arts instruction.) Claims have been made about how he was the world's greatest fighter, but there's literally no evidence to support this. Even his own accounts of his "fights" differ greatly, and neutral outside witnesses often state that he was not victorious in his various private matches. Bruce Lee was in no position to call himself a martial arts master, least bit in a position to offer the martial arts world a new way of thinking. His new way of thinking? He suggests that you open your mind to his views when he himself was not willing to open his mind to even the most simple orthodox fighting standards.