A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.
The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ?
Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.
Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.
The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.
The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.
There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way.
Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.
Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.
A man must constantly exceed his level
It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.
What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?
Boards don't hit back.
A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will.
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery.
The unconditioned mind intuits truth.
Truth cannot be structured or confined.
The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.
Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.
Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.
Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. Learn, master, and achieve.
What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.
More and more I believe in the fact that you have two hands and two legs, and the thing is how to make good use of yourself - and that's about it.
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