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Tao of Jeet Kune Do | 
| Author: Bruce Lee
Publisher: Ohara Publications, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  174 reviews
Sales Rank: 1734
Media: Paperback
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0897500482
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8153
EAN: 9780897500487
ASIN: 0897500482
Publication Date: October 1, 1975
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Amazon.com Review
To watch Bruce Lee on film is an amazing experience. Those who have read Tao of Jeet Kune Do, however, know that Lee's prose can also be exhilarating. This praiseworthy and enduring bestseller (mainly written over six months when Lee was bedridden with back problems) compiles philisophical aphorisms, explanations on technique, and sketches by the master himself.
Product Description
This is Bruce Lee s treatise on his martial art, jeet kune do. This international best seller includes the philosophy of jeet kune do, mental and physical training, martial qualities, attack, and strategy. BEST SELLER!
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 Insightful and inspiring, a benefit to any Martial Artist. April 18, 2009
ERIK D.J. OBRIEN (Halifax, MA USA)
I bought The Tao of Jeet Kune Do many years ago to supplement my Kung Fu training. One of its most amazing qualities, is that something new can be discovered in it every time that you read it. It is Jeet Kune Do, but I would argue that his principles are also Kung Fu/Wu Shu principles in origin, and clearly the result of his training roots. I believe that Bruce saw a certain weakness in the way that modern Kung Fu was progressing, and he realized that the "formlessness" of Jeet Kune Do was something of a summit, the Everest of Kung Fu at its heart. It is an immortal work, priceless in its spirit and its content. I would recommend it to any martial artist seeking a higher path and deeper understanding. Sincerely, Erik D.J. O'Brien, author of "Kur's Rage."
Excellent book! April 6, 2009
Sandra Miscio (Orlando, FL)
If you are totally into Bruce Lee, this is the book to have. He explains Jeet Kune Do but even better, he shares his own view and philosophy of martial arts.
Belongs in Every Serious Martial Artist's Library! February 20, 2009
Kevin Brett (Stafford, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book could almost be called the New Testament of martial arts. Truly one of the seminal works of all martial arts writings. There is an initial chapter about zen, jeet kune do and the philosophical approach to his art, while the remainder of the book focuses on techniques, strategy and mechanics of training and fighting. This book was also influential in writing my book, The Way of the Martial Artist: Achieving Success in Martial Arts an in Life!
Jeet Kune Do is the art of no art. There is no set curriculum as he calls it, "the formless form". In constrast, traditional martial arts systems are rich and rigid in form and specific technique backed by thoroughly developed concepts and principles.
Bruce Lee never seemed to find any practical value or purpose in kata, often referring to it as meaningless drill. I believe he may not have truly delved deeply enough into it to understand that while no one in their right mind would jump into a green-belt kata in the middle of a street self-defense situation, the individual movements learned through kata can be applied at will to deal with an attacker. The founder of Aikido even said that kata should be practiced so that it could be forgotten. The goal of all martial arts, including Jeet Kune Do is to mature to a point where movement is spontaneous. Forethought becomes reaction, form becomes formlessness and your actions are dictated by your opponent's responses.
Regardless of whether you approach this goal through a rigid, forms-based system of martial arts or through Bruce Lee's formless system, the principles and analytical approach that he presents provide a wealth of technical detail and are enough to keep you busy learning, practicing and interpreting his writing for a lifetime!
I highly recommend this book. To omit it from your martial arts studies is a serious error no matter what style you study. Open your mind; clear your mind and then fill it with the contents of this book.
Enjoy!
Kevin Brett is the CEO of Kevin Brett Studios, Inc. and the author of The Way of the Martial Artist: Achieving Success in Martial Arts and in Life!
The Way of the Martial Artist: Achieving Success in Martial Arts and in Life!
Great Gift Idea February 15, 2009
Nicole Stewart (Barstow, Ca)
I ordered this for an xmas present for my fanatic boyfriend. Absolute great gift for him. Fast delivery and great price!!
 great book, poor shipping February 2, 2009
Dagny Taggert (Alabama, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this book was better than I expected but Amazon did a TERRIBLE job of taping/shipping the package & by the time it came to me the cover was really damaged on the back.
Amazon didn't bother but putting 1 piece of tape down the middle of the box (it was a narrow one too), and the box was in terrible shape by the time it got here.
this book is a great one to buy, IF amazon (whomever ships for them)did a better job of shipping.
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