Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.
Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.
You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.
The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.
Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.
Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.
Truth cannot be structured or confined.
The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.
When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win.
What can you take from me which is not already yours?
As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization.
If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible.
Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.
You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because, I mean I don't want to be like "As Confucius say," but under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens man that people are different.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.
True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.
Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day.
The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.
Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.
Belts are only good for holding up your pants
Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are.
Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.
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