Bruce Lee's Fighting Method

63 Pages·2007·8.89 MB·English

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BRUGE LEES
FIGHTING METHOD

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
DEDICATION (ur sincers appreciation to Joe Hodne:, who spent so me
time in photographing andi developing the fim. Out appreciates
slko goes to those whe pectieipetec th this Book Da Inowantu
snd Ted Wong. They wre hots Bice Lee's cevoted stots,

To Ralntow Publications, Ine, for the ase of seveca! pote
iraphs taken by Oliver Pang

he Zonda ana suudents of Bruce Lee
lntroduction

This beok was in the making in 1968 and most of the gato
grapne weee shot hen, The sate Bruce Lee intended to publi
hook yeas ayo but decaced again: It whes he Feed thet mesial
fs instuccows wre veing his name to promote themuelves. Ie was
ite common to har commencs lke: “I taught Bruce Lee”
"Brave Loe taught ze eet Sune do.” And Bruve may never heve:
seen oF known dese martial ate

Bivew didn’: want pcople to use his mame te yromore
themevlves or their cchool: wh Teac pretenses He dua't want
therm to straet etude7zs thie way, eapocilly the young terns

But after hie deat, nis widow, Losea, fel chat Ice hee
somcibuted 50 mute! nthe World of she mais) are that tt would
bbe a great loss If the knowledge ef Buer would ee with i
Altsough the book con never seplace che actual teaching end
Keowledge that Bruce Leo rossexed, it will entance you
se-ious mantal ast, in devoloping your sll n Sighsing
‘Bruco alutys Eeioved that al martial artes ain diligenty foe
cre single purpose—to defend themselves. Whether se are in joo,
arate, Bikido, kung fa, eeetem, nr nitmate goal Ys toe ome
Durel¥cs for any etaation

tealn

To tain youself tor xhis goal, you mut
‘athing taken for granted, ‘You “ave to kles c¥ punch
‘with concentrated efforts,” Bruee used! vo ay. “Its ave golng 19

tain without the concept that whl: & the wal thing, you are
shestehanging yourself, When you kick ot pane’ the beg, you

hbave to imagine that
concentrating, putting £00 pereeat in
the only way yeu ate going 12 be good.

If you have aleady toad the fies: volume of Bruce La
ghting Method ‘'Self-Dejenee Techmiques), this soc2%d bookt
attempts to explain the wetet of Bruce Lak testsrg method,
bow he developet hi power, speed, fincive in footscary, etoeter,
The next tio books sil cover the sii) and appliestion of hs
techniques. Most ofthe photos 1 thie beak and the nest eva Neve
‘never Been published tore

Ifyou have not read Tao of det Kwe Do by Bruce Le: (hata
{Ukeaiions, Ise.) purase eeu I as meant to eonipleinent this
‘book, and stv knowlecy Seom bot books wil give you fall
Pletury of Bevew a2,
Jeot Kune Lo

‘Jeol Rune Do was founded by bruce Lee
Deeause he Fett
‘se martial arts wore 60 confined.

You ent fightin pottern he used to ay
Deeause an attact
‘an be baffling and not reftred.

Jeet Kune Do was created by Bruce Lee
to show us
that en ald art must transform.

Like the zy turns to night and
nig, to day
the way of fighting must afs0 reform

Bruce Lee daveloped Jest Kune Bo
bul waived
the td have w rain for it

Bees the very word, deut Kune Do,
trendy iudieute
a 18 arte nar tiad os For

Any form or sie does restrict
laud his eles is now in eonftice,
Contents

CHAPTER I: The Fighting Man Exercise “
Stamina Rrercise
Warming-Up Exercise
Plexibiity Bxercise
Abdominal Rxereie

CHAPTER Il ‘The Op.Ciuard Position 28
tances
Bal

ootwarl
‘The Shuffle
Quick Movements
‘The Burst
Sidestepping

ve Power
Power Kicking

CHAPTER V: Speed Training om
‘Speed In Punching
Nontelegaphic Punch
Spesd In Kicking
Awareness

Bounces
Teo of Jeet Kune Do hy Bruce 100
Bostig by Bawin L. Hakiot
Staaine Bxeree

Although you have the right aetirude,
isnot enough to avoid a rife,

Although you have a wort of fortitude.
Wena ossuraice of saving your life

‘You may have spent youre in training
In theart of fighting you Tove v0 riveh.

‘But if you are wooded in 4 sparing.
proves that your eondition bs auth

You need plenty of workout on tke road,
Running two, three or more males @ day
‘Unt! your body can tate more tot

‘Then comes tay you se the tight,
You look up at tie sty and then reiey:

“sll in performence tall ght,
BASIC TRAINING
Arrobie Exercises

One of oe most neglected clements of martial artic {1 the
Physical workout. Too much time i spent in developing chil i
techniques and not enous in pliyaical part ipation

Procticing your skill in ‘Aghting is important, but so.
‘maintaining. your overall physical enneiton, Acusliy both ee
Heeded to he ssccemful in a ral fght. Tvaining is a skill of
bciplining your mind, deseloping your power and sxpolyiog
endurance to your boy. Proper tauuiig is for tee purpose of
Insilting your budy and avoiding activities uc wubatances that wil
deteriorate injure it

Thrice Lee was a spooler of health, He tained eveey day and
onmumed only the propor focd. Alchoush he deank ten, he seve
frank cotfeeinsiead he normally. cosnmumed. milk. He wes a
Imarbinet wlio mever let his work ihterfere wich hi trainiig, Even
when he was ent to Indit t9 tind suse ovations for filming, he
ook along hi cunning shoes

‘Lee's dally training eonieted of aercbic ennsvaca, phi others
which wete pattemed to develo he skill in ighsing. He varied he
‘exercises lo avoid boreddam Oe of ix favorite exercises we
‘rinnisy four miles dey in 24 to 26 minutes, He would charge h
tempo while rusning—aer several miles cf sonatant, evn site,
he would sprint save! feet and then retum to easier ranieng,
Retest changss in running tempo, he would also shuffle his fev,
Lee was not particular where be ean: te the beech, in parks oc
‘woods up und doym hill or an sanfuced sect,

Besides running, me sso rode an exereycie to develop his
endurance, legs and cavciovaseulac ruscles He vnlally wode Cull
speed—35 to 40 miles an hour eontinuowsly for 45 minutes to wi

‘ue, Frequently, he would side hie excreycle rignt aller his

Another aerobic exerse that Lae coed in his routine wae

skidping rope, waich yes

ope is mare bene“icial than
26 of skipping rope s equlvilent ta) minutes
‘of jonging. oth are very bunetillz) exerckes for the cardio
vaseule syste
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me en ig a ee nena
ite only, before you rantinue for another round, ‘Tw
wed of cine itt ere none
come condoned to akiping, you ean omit the re period sd
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tightnex on your feet until it becomes navural and comfortable
then work faster are harder. It is & good ea to stare yow
tforkout wit shacowboxing to loosen your mele. Imagine your
Wort enemy stands before you and you ue going to demolish
Ein If you tse your imagination intensely, you can isl into
Yourelf an almost real fighting frame of mind, Besides developing
Hamina, shacowboxing inercaies your speed, creates ideas and
fetublishes techniques t2 be used spontaneously and intuitively.
Coingreveral rounds s the best way to leam proper footwork.

"Too muy beginets £7 too lazy tw dive theameetves, Only by
fhard and contruous exerole wil you duvelop endurance, You
Irave Lo dive yourself to the point of uxiausion (os of breath”
fd cxpoct muscle ache In a day or (wo). Tue best endurance
Cuising, method stems to be a luiyihy period of excrcbe
Interspersed ath many beef ut hish-itveusity endeavors. tam!

weiypes of exercise should be due wwadually and eautioudy

creased. Six wees Sh th Kind of uuiing is minimum for any
ports that require coneiderable amounts of endurance. Te titoe
Jus to. be oh peak condition id, uniortunetely, stamina i
(wickly lost when you come ws in high conditioning
Churebes. Acconding to come medical eaperis, you lose most of
‘your benebit from exsteees If you skip uote than a day beowoen
Warring Op

‘To warm up, select light, easy exercises co looach your muscles
and to prepare them for more stuenwows work, Besides improving
‘your performanes, warming-up exetenee are noecssary 20 prevest
‘njuny to your miscles No smart ihleve wil use his hare or leg
violently without ‘fest warming it up carefully. ‘These she
eaten should dictate as closely a» possible the ensiing, more
strenuous types of movements

How long should you warm up? This depends on sewers
‘aspects, Ifyou live in e colder are, ox during the e014 winter, you
have to do longer warm-up exercises than do those wh live fa
warmer climate, Longer warmingsup & recoincrended in the early
‘moming than in the aftcmoon, Generally, Zive or ten minutes of
warmup exerekes are adequiste but some’ performers need ‘sch
ore. A ballel dancer spenda at leat: two hours, He commences
‘wth very baske movemes‘a, gradually but consistently Inctewing
the activity and inzenaty, until ke & nady to make he
sppemanc.

Exercises

Fruee Lee teamed that certain excrcara ean help you yevatly in
oUF performance, and others can impede nr even impair Your
execution of techniques, He found that henefical exercisus are
‘hose that do not eause antagonistls tensinn in you muncluse

‘Your muscles respond differently 19 diterest exerci. During
4@ atic or slow exercise such at n handstand oF lifting heavy
‘Weights auch es a barbell. the muscles nm hath sides of the joins
‘operate strongly to set the body in n desable positon. But ina
‘apid ectivity such ex running, jumping at treming, thw muaclos
that close the joints contract and the muscles dvecily oosedte
longate to allow the movement. Aithowg™ *here ssl Lension on
‘both mules, the strain i consldarnh'y leet on the elomated, oF
lengthened one

Wher there s excesive or antagonistic tentian on the elongated
muscles, it hinders and weakens your movement. It sats lke
brake, causing premature fatigue, gonerally aseaciated only with
new aetivity—demanding cliterent muscles to per'nrm A coord
nated, natumal athete is ebie to perform in any sporting activity

with ease beens he moves with lita antayoniatie tension, On the
‘ther nand, the novice perform with excessive tension and effort,
treating lot ef wesbed motions, Allhoush this coordination trait
{s more x naive alent i some than in others, all cam improve it by
Intensive brining,

rw acu some of the exercises that you can adap to vour daly
training. For Mesibilty, place your foo: on «zag of object as in
sholow A, Band C, keoiita your eg horizontally to the gioundit
‘could be algtly lower o= higher, depending on your flexbility.

For the bayiiner, do nol c:lempt any strenuous exercse.

seed, afver placiig your Foot on the ring, just move your toes
toward youu keeuaig your extend foot “lexAd straight a8 1h
Photo A After a few minutes, rotate your foot. Ina few days, a8
[Sour leg muscles are isbmed, yeu can proceed Ws the next step,
fanin pote Dy Thea your xnee to keep yovs keg straight and lean
forwatd for the hip at much as powsie without inning your