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Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way (Bruce Lee Library) |  | Authors: Bruce Lee, John Little
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 48513
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0804831327
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.815
UPC: 676251831320
EAN: 9780804831321
ASIN: 0804831327
Publication Date: November 15, 1997
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An expanded sequel to the bestselling The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, this landmark book will serve as a complete presentation of Bruce Lee's art of Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do. The development of his unique martial art form, its principles, core techniques, lesson plans, and illustrative sketches are presented in Bruce Lee's own words. 100+ illustrations.
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 Twitters from the Grave January 1, 2010
Patrick Burrows (Sanford, FL USA)
This book is really quite interesting. It is very good. But it is almost entirely short quotes from Bruce Lee's notes. The editors have taken these quotes and organized them by topic and then organized those topics into chapters. And they did a very good job with this.
But really, the book reads like a Twitter Feed. You could probably take this book in its entirety, and write it out, quote by quote, to twitter.
What this means is there is no depth. You get Lee's thoughts on a topic, but no concrete examples or additional expository text. Like reading The Book of Five Rings and trying to think about how it applies to your life.
I like that, and enjoy it. But I wanted to write this review so other people would know what to expect. There are other books that explain JKD much better by using Lee's quotes, and then adding additional exposition to further explain what the quote means. This book is more a philosophy book than a martial arts book.
 The art if JKD December 26, 2009
Mark Oszoli (Melbourne, Australia)
If you are not experienced in the Martial Arts this book may get a little confusing. But as Bruce Lee said when he was alive JKD is something no serious martial artists can ignore. As I was reading this book there was one thing going through my mind. "Just what is so new about MMA?"
Sure sure techniques may have changed and while Bruce Lee was alive BJJ was nowhere to be found but Bruce Lee's idea and approach to fighting does make him as Danna White said the Godfather of MMA. In fact JKD might as well be called MMA. After all JKD is just a name so do not fuss over it. If you do not understand why I bought MMA into this review read this book and you will find that MMA started with one man, and Bruce Lee was that MAN!
My favorite of the series! August 10, 2007
Keith I. Pascal (Eugene, Oregon United States)
This is my favorite of the John Little/Bruce Lee series.
If you are looking for real, honest-to-goodness Bruce Lee principles of JKD, then this is the book. Even though the book is organized into categories, I think the best way to study it is to take a random page (any page will do) and apply it to your martial study for a full practice session. Just the one page will be packed with ideas.
And your martial arts will improve.
Digest the book, one piece at a time, and you will improve every aspect of your martial arts ... speed, reaction time, attack and counterattack, rhythm and timing, and on and on.
This really is a value-packed book.
Remember, savor the advice and don't gloss over any of the writing. This "stuff" is important.
--Keith Pascal, martial arts author
The Jeet Kune Do Manual for the JKD student. October 26, 2005
jkdpupil (Hugo, CO USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I study Jeet Kune Do in Denver Colorado. My Sifu referred me to this book. I do wish the book had more diagrams of some of the techniques. Overall it is the geatest book on JKD. Of course it is,it was written by the man who created JKD.
In one place in the book, Bruce Lee had written the pros and cons of different arts and what he liked about them technichly. This allows you to see how Lee was percieving martial arts and what he was looking for. You also get possible insight to where his art was going.
Near the end of the book are Lee's training routines. He even writes how to teach a class. There is much more info in this book than the original. Just don't forget the same author wrote them both.
Also don't forget to check out Bruce Lee's 4 volume Fighting methods to see how Lee trained.
JKD Pupil
Wonderful book, not the key to martial art though. May 5, 2005
L. Davis (Indiana USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I see that a lot of reviewers that gave this book low ratings seem to think that you can learn martial arts from a book. I will give you this warning now, you can't and never will be able to learn a martial art from a book, but this is a good starting place for beginners to see some of the techniques and ideas put forward in Jeet Kune Do. If you're someone with martial training as I am you can learn a number of things from this book. Most martial arts that are taught today are for exercise, fun, or competition, rarely are they taught for safety or other more historical reasons. This book can help you get back to those roots of your art.
I have studied various forms of martial arts for around ten years now and would consider this book an invaluable edition to my library, which is always growing and always changing and I still rank this book as one of the better ones in my collection. Inside you will find sections of philosophy and sections on technical work. The reason I gave this only four stars is that if you are not a martial artist or if you don't at least have some basic training, the technical section of the book is worthless and will do you no good. However, if you have practiced, you can learn a lot from the technical section of this book as Bruce goes over individual moves and how to use them to their best in a fight. He also explains how to close space between yourself and an opponent, how to mix up the rhythms of a fight, and how to make your attack and defense more effective.
If you haven't studied martial arts then you will find some sections of this book to be quite interesting while others are utterly worthless. If you have, however, this is one of the better technical manuals that can be purchased that is also veined with the philosophies behind this physical and mental art. It is a wonderful resource and a useful tool for any martial artist.
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