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16 Mar, 6 tweets, 2 min read
🐲☯️ Bruce Lee developed an expression of martial arts that was personal to him called Jeet Kune Do (translated: Way of the Intercepting Fist). The art has as its symbolic representation what we call Bruce Lee’s Core Symbol and uses as its main tenet: 1/ Image
Using no way as way; having no limitation as limitation.

The term jeet kune do was coined and put into use in 1967 by Bruce Lee in an attempt to put a name to his martial expression. Lee wrestled with putting a name to his art as he constantly veered away from any 2/
type of crystallization (and thereby limitation) of its essence, however, the simple need to refer to it in some concrete way won out and jeet kune do was born.

The idea of intercepting is key to jkd, whether it be the interception of your opponent’s technique or his intent. 3/
The basic guiding principles are: simplicity, directness and freedom (the form of no form).

The techniques and philosophies of JKD can be applied to real combat as well as challenging life situations. Jeet Kune Do consists of physical techniques and applied philosophies and 4/
requires the individual to train him or herself to their most cultivated state of being-ness so that when faced with a combat situation or a challenging personal situation, the tools needed are available in the moment and can be executed without thought. 5/
Jeet Kune Do celebrates the cultivation and honest self expression of the individual over any organized style.

“Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful. Reject what is useless. Add what is essentially your own. “ – Bruce Lee /End

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17 Mar
🐲🤜🏽💥Kung Fu Tuesdays Post #51: ‘Training for Punching Power Part 1’:

🐲 Bruce Lee concentrated heavily on the straight lead punch in his daily training using different apparatus. He used punching pads, the light shield, canvas bags filled with different materials, and a 1/
heavy bag. He liked to use various hitting equipment because each part of the human body has a different composition; you may hit a hard, bony area or a soft, fatty one. Also, hitting with gloves on is very different from bare knuckles, but 2/
using bare knuckles on a partner is not practical.

The shield is more solid than the punching pad and offers a different feeling on contact. If the holder stands firmly with both hands on the equipment, it will not give like the pad will. For a more punishing punch, 3/
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16 Mar
🐉📀 BACK IN STOCK Bruce Lee's Greatest Hits: The Criterion Collection 7-Disc Blue Ray Set 🐉📀 BL Store Link ---> bit.ly/3cHJRdQ

Bruce Lee Seven-Disc Special Edition Features:

🐉4K digital restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and 1/ Image
The Way of the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtracks
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