Bruce Lee's Tao of Jeet Kune Do

It was in 1971 that the idea for “The Tao of Jeet Kune Do“ came about. Bruce had to lay on his back for six months as instructed by his doctors so he could recover from a back injury. I could only imagine how Bruce must have hated this in light of his constant training and workouts that he loved so much.

It was during this time when he could only lie down, that he started to put his ideas and thoughts about his martial art style Jeet Kune Do into writing. These notes that were compiled while recovering were proposed to be put together in a book at some point. Bruce Lee also had compiled a lot of notes that he kept from his training, research and philosophy for his Jeet Kun Do. Bruce was somewhat undecided to get a book published because he did not want this info used as a how-to book but more like conveying his way of thinking.

It was Bruces Lee’s thought to publish his book in 1971 using all these notes that he had accumulated. But his film making and the other projects he was involved in prevented him from completing it.

It was in 1975 that Bruce’s widow Linda went on to complete what Bruce had began and hired some editors to complete the book. They took all of Bruce Lee’s notes and put them into a logical sequence. The editors also used Linda and many of his former students to help them understand Bruce and Jeet Kune Do well enough to put together this book.

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