None of us can deny that Bruce Lee was amazing, and I believe that is the goal of many a martial artist; to be like Bruce Lee. Sadly, many of these martial artists are doomed to fail because they try so hard to copy him and study his teachings that they miss the most important ones. For example, he ALWAYS said that his way is not ours, now this is true, its pointless copying him, you must find your own way.
Secondly, while he was a great martial artist, by no means at all could we say that he was the best. There are people who practice all their life and could most likely beat him. However, he accomplished much mroe by introducing Kung Fu to the western world. At one point, I even tried to get into his psychology in an effort to be mroe like him, but that, like all of my other attempts, failed. I am 14 and luckily, still have my whole life ahead of me to find my own way, but it is not looking very good right now.
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If they are reinforced on the right they are weak on the left
If they are reinforced on the left they are weak on the right
If they are reiforced everywhere they are weak everywhere
- Sun Tzu, Art of War
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