Bruce Lee and Jeet Kune Do
Bruce Lee is a well know martial artist and movie artist. He is a strong man who faces the challenges of life. He is seldom lazy and takes very little rest. He spends almost all of his time training and studying. In his personal library, there were thousands of books. He liked reading ancient wisdom, like Lao-tzu, Confucius and Sun Tzu.
Bruce Lee created the unique combating system of Jeet Kune Do, the way of the Intercepting Fist. However, during his short life, he did not manage to establish the whole and thorough system and principle. He did not left the world with his whole fighting concept. Only the persons who would lucky enough to learn personally from him have a glimpse of how powerful and deep the system he created was. In 1970, Lee had a major back injury. He was forced to stay at home. During this period, he spent time to organize his experiences and insights. Originally, he was planning to publish them in books. However, the plan was not fulfilled.
Lee began studying Wing Chun since thirteen years old. From that point, he spent his whole life studying and researching the real secret of martial art. Jeet Kune Do focuses on free style fighting. It opposes straight and inflexible forms. While studying Jeet Kune Do, it is advised that students should maintain an open mind without overly restrained by what was taught in different kind of martial arts, including Jeet Kune Do itself. Lee spend a lot of time understanding the commons and differences of different kind of fighting techniques and he tries to clarify the relationships and conclude a universal form.
By the popularity of his movies like the Fist of Fury and the Way of the Dragon, Bruce Lee was known by the world for his excellent combating skills and speed. Today, the world still sees him as one of the greatest martial artist ever born in human history. Some even spend substantial time and effort in study the little and scattered information left by him. But in fact, his influence to the world is philosophical and conceptual rather than real information about how to fight more powerfully.
