Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The book is presented in the form of short quotations and jottings taken from Bruce Lee's writings. The main chapters are Philosophy, Preliminaries, Qualities, Tools, Preparations, Mobility, Attack, Circle with no circumference and It's just a name. Each chapter is neatly arranged in an easy to read fashion. There is a variety of sketches by Bruce included in some of the text that makes for interesting analysis.

If you want to understand the essence of Jeet Kune Do you should read this. No one can explain it better than Bruce Lee himself.

The words of Linda Lee (Bruce's wife) capture the nature of this book. 'He did not intend it to be a "how-to" book or a "learn kung-fu in 10 easy lessons" book. He intended it as a record of one man's way of thinking and as a guide, not a set of instructions.


Perfect   June 12, 2005
João (Portugal)
4 out of 13 found this review helpful

The Best book I have ever studied.The only thing bad about this book is that it was supposed to be 7 volumes, but with Bruce Lee's death, it remained just this book.It is a shame that today there is no one like Bruce and no one does movies realistic as he did.Today is only special effects.Bruce was the one who introduced Kung Fu to the ocident world,and freedom to the martial artists.The reason there is still so much talking about bruce is because he was the best,if he had not existed there would not exist so many martial artists and "dojos" today, and we all miss him.


The legend lives on.   February 1, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

Its not often I genuinly use incredible to desribe a book. But now incredible barely does justice to this book. Its a masterpiece! A master class of Jeet Kune Do taught to you by its founder: Bruce Lee.

It teaches the the:
- Physcological factors that goes with fighting,
- Training,
- Preparation,
- Weapons of combat (ie. Hands and Feet)
- Holds and moves,
... and so on.

All you ever need to know to be able to defend your self effectivly is here. A truly magnificent book to memember Bruce Lee by. The legend lives on, without a shadow of a doubt.