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: Best martial arts book for anyone studying ANY style
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a comprehensive account of Bruce Lee's style and methodology. It contains a wonderful account of his own thoughts and strategies on fighting. A must.Book Review: Bruce Lee - The Late Legend
Summary: 5 Stars
Bruce was a martial genius, his book is an insight into him... BUY ITBook Review: Bruce Lee could hit twice as hard as a man twice his size.
Summary: 5 Stars
The principle of acquiring speed:
"Speed in fighting depends not just on your hands and feet in swiftness, but other attributes such as nontelegraphic moves and awareness. Speed in fighting is to hit your foe without yourself being hit. This can only be done by hours of practice and being completely fit. Speed in fighting is not good without power that goes with it." Bruce Lee
A good fighter is one who can hit is opponent quicker, harder, without much perception, and yet avoid being hit. Within this sentence is the heart of speed training aspiration, the ability to hit with power, to strike effortlessly like water, and to become as evasive as a cat. Power and speed go hand in hand. Speed relies on economy of motion and learning speed should be done by experimenting with the finger jab and lead punch. The more hours you spend in speed hitting, the faster your hands will go. You must take your solitary training seriously. The leading straight is the backbone of JKD and is the main offensive weapon. Put some zip into the punch by snapping it just before impact, keep your hand loose and tighten it just before impact. The punch will have more power, if you put your hip into it by rotating on the ball of the lead foot and keeping the rear leg foot heel off the ground; giving a push like a spring.
Trusting the hand before the body incorporates the principles nontelegraphic aspects of fencing. By initiating your punch without tensing your shoulders the movement is not given away to the opponent. The punch should make contact and the hand snapping back when your body edges forward. Practice on perfecting the thrust punch during practice against someone, who will try to slap your punch, pull the punch a few inches before contact, too avoid injury. Move the principles of nontelegraphic punches into light sparring, practice opening and closing gaps and striking from any hand position using the principles of thrusting the punch.
Book Review: Bruce Lee is the master.
Summary: 5 Stars
Read this book. It rules. Bruce Lee was so strong in real life, that he could do one-handed pushups on just 2 fingers. He also stressed kicking low, below the belt. In some of his fighting books, he made before them before he started thinking about the philosophy of Jeet Kune Do, so they might show him kicking high. If you want to learn Jeet Kune Do you shouldn't just read some books and expect to be a power house fighter all of a sudden. To become a powerhouse fighter you need to do thousands of pushups and cruches and push your self to your maximum physical limit. You can never become a excellent fighter by just being good at fighting. You have to be in exellent shape too. That is another thing Bruce stressed was being in maximum physical condition. If you can't do 50 pushups straight, then you can't be as fast and powerful as you would like to be. Physical condition is almost as important as fighting skill it self.Book Review: Bruce Lee's Philosophies
Summary: 5 Stars
To understand the man, hero, and legend you have to understand the mind of Mr. Lee. Bruce Lee purposely made this book for reasons to understand combat, analyzing physical situations, and ideas about emotion and respect to others. Bruce Lee's ideas are by far still practice today and this book is to understand why he became a hero through all ethnicity and men. Mr. Lee can looked by people as a man that created his own martial art, work-out routine, physique, and in entertainment. If you wish to understand Bruce Lee than I strongly suggest this book to understand his ideas, philosophies, and lessons.