#Tao of jeet kune do hardcover 1975 manual

#Tao of jeet kune do hardcover 1975 manual

It was to be a guidebook, not a set of instructions or 'How to' manual to learn martial arts. Lee's intent in writing the book was to record one man's way of thinking about the martial arts. He also vacillated about publishing his book as he felt that this work might be used for the wrong purposes. However, his film career and work prevented him from doing so. In 1971, it was Lee's intent to finish the treatise that he started during his convalescence. The combination of the 'core set of writings' and the 'disparate notes' would be known as the text Tao of Jeet Kune Do.

Many of these notes were 'sudden inspirations' which were incomplete and lacked any kind of a construct. Lee had also kept various notes throughout the development of his combat philosophy and these would become the disparate notes used in the book. Many of these writings were done during a single session which provided natural continuity. The bulk of these writings would become the 'core set of writings'.

It was during his convalescence that he decided to compile a treatise on the system or approach to martial arts that he was developing he called it Jeet Kune Do. This was a very tiring and dispiriting time for Lee who was always very physically active. He was ordered by his doctors to wear a back brace for 6 months in order to recover from his injury. During this time he could not train in martial arts. The project for this book began in 1970 when Bruce Lee suffered a back injury during one of his practice sessions. Tao of Jeet Kune Do is a book expressing Bruce Lee's martial arts philosophy and viewpoints, published posthumously (after Bruce Lee's death in 1973).