jeet kune do

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once again, i am refering strictly to his phillosophical views. Disregaurd all the fighting stuff. I am not here to argue wether his methods of training etc would be sufficient for ass kicking.

i want to know what peoples thoughts are on his eastern (and buhdism) influenced philosophies of life (i.e. middle way etc.)

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From what I understand, he studied Philosophy in college, but it seems he concentrated a lot on Chinese philosophy; mainly ideas of Taoism. Still, I dont see how you can really differentiate his philosophies on life vs his philosophies on fighting. They are intertwined.

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has anyone here actually read his book? the first part of it is filled w/ general philosophy. It can be and some of it is applied to fighting, but most of this section can be applied to anything really.

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has anyone here actually read his book? the first part of it is filled w/ general philosophy. It can be and some of it is applied to fighting, but most of this section can be applied to anything really.

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Yes! I have read his book. I thought I made that clear but it looks like I never mentioned it. After reading your post I tried looking for the book but its hidden somewhere in the garage.

Anyway, I think you are reading too much into his "philosophy." Much of it was indeed used to explain his ideas for Jeet Kune Do and martial arts in general.


If you are really looking to see if I agree with his philosophies, I would have to say yes. But thats only because he explains his ideas with adages, which are in essence something that has general truth.

Please post more lines of things you found intriguing in that book that you thought could be applied to anything. Because I really dont see how you can apply the line that you posted earlier, "nothing cannot be defined; softness cannot be snapped" to anything and everything.