"To be bound by traditional martial art..." - Quote by Bruce Lee
To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius.
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“When we hold to the core, the opposite sides are the same if they are seen from the center of the moving circle. I do not experience; I am experience. I am not the subject of experience; I am that experience. I am awareness. Nothing else can be I or can exist.”
“Either you understand or you don't, and that is that.”
“Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.”
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“The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition”
“Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!”
“My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.”
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“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”
“To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom.”
“What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.”