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The 8rt of Expressing the Human Hod Past John LittleTUTTLE PUBLISHINGTo ky o Rutland , Verm ont Sin gapore Disclaimer: Please note that the publisher andauthor(s) of this instructional book are Non RESPONSIBLE in any mannerwhatsoever for any injury that may result from practicing the techniques and/or following theinstructions given within. MartialArts training can exist dangerous- both to y ou and to others- if not practiced safely . If y ou're indoubt as [0 how to go along or whethery our practice is safety, consult with a trained martial arts instructor before beginning. Since thephy sical activities described herein may betoo strenuous in nature for some readers, it is also essential that a phy sician be consulted prior totraining.All photos appearing in this claw are courtesy of the annal of Linda Lee Cadwell, the Manor ofBruce Lee, and Warner
Brothers Films.First published in 1998 past Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., witheditorial offices ar 364 InnovationDrive, N orth Clarendon, Vermont 05759.Copy correct 1998Linda Lee CadwellAll rights reserved. No role of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or byany means, electronic or mechanical,including photocopy ing, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval sy stalk, withoutprior written permission from thepublisher.Library of Congress Caraloging-in-Publicarion DaraI Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973.The fine art of expressing the human trunk / by Bruce Lee: compiled and edited by John Lirrlep. cm.-{the Bruce Lee library : v. 4)
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Tel: (03) 5437-0171 Tel: (62-21) 4682-1088Fax: (03) 5437-0755 Fax: (62-2 1) 461-0207Email: [e-mail protected] Email: [email protected] 17 161514Text blueprint-Vernon Press, IncoPrinted in the United States of AmericaTUTT L E PU B LI Southward H I North G is a registered trademark of Tuttle Publishing, a division ofPeriplus Editions (HK) Ltd. Go A CHECKUP FIRSTAs with all forms of strenuous exercise, y ou must takeTioteof ane point before y ou start y our training: Y'all should goto encounter a medico and make sure that y ou exercise not take anyhealth problems such every bit center disease or tuberculosis. If
y ou unfortunately do have one, y ou'll have to stop y ourtraining and wait until y ou have cured information technology. Otherwise, thetraining will hurt y ou badly and may fifty-fifty result in death.-Bruce Lee .: To Terri Little and Bruce Cadwell-ii wonderful man beings without whose patience,tolerance, understanding, compassion, support, and dearest this volume would non have been possible.ONTENTSForeword, by Allen Joe 8 Preparation Meets Opportunity , by Linda Lee Cadwell II Preface 14What People Are Say ing almost the "Lee Phy sique" eighteen Introduction 19I.The Pursuit of Forcefulness 262. Motionless Do:The Basic eight of Isometrics 353. Enter the Barbells: The Beginner's Body building Routine 394.The General (Overall) Development Routine 46
5.The twenty-Infinitesimal Strength and Shape Routine 516.The Sequence (Circuit) Training Routine for Total Fitness 567. The CircuitTraining Routine for Increased Muscularity 648.The Enter the Dragon Routine for Martial Artists 739. Specialization: Abdominals fourscore 10. Specialization: Forearms 85 I I. Bruce Lee'due south Peak 7 Exercisesfor the Cervix and Shou lders 95 12. Bruce Lee's Top 10 Exercises for the Chest 101 xiii. BruceLee's Elevation I I Exercises for the Back 105 14. Bruce Lee'southward Top I I Exercises for the Arms I xiii fifteen.Bruce Lee'southward Pinnacle I I Exercises for the Legs and Calves 118 16.The Tao of Flexibility 126 17."Real-World Power":The Cardio Connectedness 139 18. Applied Power: Grooming with the HeavyBag 149 19. Interval Grooming for Martial Artists 156 20. Fueling the Dragon (Diet) 162 2 1. ADay in the Life: A Look at How Bruce Lee'southward Training Methods Evolved I 72 22. Mean solar day southward in the Life:Excerpts from Bruce Lee'southward Personal Preparation Diaries 186 23. A Compendium of Bruce Lee'sPersonal Training Routines 207 24.Training Routines Designed past Bruce Lee for His Students 236A. Bruce Lee'south Vital Statistics 244 B. Bruce Lee'due south "Musculus Automobile": The Return ofthe MarcyCircu it Trainer 245Notes on Sources 250 Alphabetize 253 FOREWORDBy Allen JoeWhen asked to write this foreword for i ofJohn Trivial'south definitive volumes on the life, art, and
philosophy of Bruce Lee, I idea to my self, Where do I start?How do I properly articulate the overwhelming emotions and warmth from my heart thatI have for a man that I have known for over thirty y ears? How practice I communicate the presenceof a homo that was-and remains-so influential in my life and so familiar to me and my wifeAnnie, that he is more like a family member? Indeed, Bruce Lee was a man who was such agoodfriend that I still keep a photo of him in my wallet-fifty-fifty more than two decatles after his death.Information technology is indeed an accolade to be given this opportunity to say a few words nearly my friend, Bruce Lee.I guess a good identify to start is to reply the question I am most often asked: How did I firstmeet Bruce Lee? I met Bruce in Seattle in 1962 when my family and I were visiting to attendthe World'south Fair. James Lee, a friend of mine since childhood (and no relation to Bruce) hadheard from his brother about Bruce and his martial art prowess and skill in cha-cha dancing.
James asked me to check out "this true cat" and see if he was any good. I was in for a surprise, toIsay the to the lowest degree.I learned that Bruce was employ ed at a Chinese restaurant in Seattle chosen Ruby Chow'southward,so I went into the restaurant, ordered a scotch, and waited for him to get in. Afterward a trivial while,in walked a well-dressed y oung human being; he was confident, nearly cocky in his manner. And so this isBruce Lee, I thought to my self. After my introduction, Bruce asked me to demonstrate some ofthe gung fu that I had learned while in California. I performed a grade from the sam seeng kune(three-line fist) sty le and Bruce remarked, "Pretty good, Allen." Then he asked me to try tothrow a punch at him, and when I did, he simply grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me forward(utilizing agung fu technique called a lop sao) so hard that I near suffered a severe case ofwhiplash. That proved to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
I, of form, immediately reported dorsum to James how impressed I was with Bruce'south skilland ability . And James subsequently invited Bruce to Oakland (where we both lived) for a visit.I still have pictures of Bruce'due south visit to Oakland, when he first met James. On another visit, Brucecame to my house and we cleared the flooring of all tables and chairs-not for gung fu practice, butfor a demonstration from Bruce of cha-cha! Bruce definitely had rhy thm and timing. After afewvisits, Bruce decided to motion to O akland in 1964. He took James upward on his offering to stay withhim and his family . James's wife had recently passed abroad , so Bruce's new bride, Linda, tookcareof James's 2 y oung children.In those 24-hour interval south, James and I, along with Oakland educatee and friend George Lee, liftedweights to build our forcefulness and muscle size. Before meeting Bruce, I had competed in trunk -building contests and trained under Ed Yarrick aslope some of the best body builders and fit-
ness buffs of the time-men like Steve Reeves, Jack Lalanne, Clancy Ross, Jack Delinger, andRoy Hilligan. When Bruce showtime moved to Oakland, he was very skinny . After seeing the size of8 The Art of Expressing the Human Body our bodies-three "Chinamen's" bodies, at thatl-I thinkBruce's fierce competitiveness drove him to build upwards his own. I really gave Bruce his first set ofweights, and he tirelessly worked with them. By the results seen in Bruce's movies, I think it'south safeto say that he was prettyuccessful with it.Bruce and Linda's first child, Brandon, was born while they were living in Oakland. In fact, it waswhen Linda was significant with Brandon that Bruce had his famous altercation with the aung fuman who attempted to forestall Bruce from teaching his art to non,Chinese students. AlthoughBruce won the fight, he was displeased with his performance. (That was and so ty pical of Bruce, totry to detect way due south to amend an already impressive level of expertise.) After it occurred, I askedBruce about the incident and he commented that "it took fashion besides long" for him to make theopponent submit. This marked the planting of the seeds of what would eventually blossom into hisart of jeet kune do. From this moment on, Bruce constantly strove to improve himself bothphy sically and mentally , and to research the mechanics and science of combat thoroughly inorder to learn more effective and efficient way southward to subdue an opponent. And, because he dis,covered that he was inordinately winded later on this atmospherics, information technology was as well at this point that Bruceincreased the amount of hard phy sical training he performed.After Bruce moved to Los Angeles a y ear or so afterwards, he periodically came back to visit with us inOakland, sometimes bringing his L.A. students Ted Wong or Dan Inosanto. And James, George,and I would also travel to Los Angeles for special events like Bruce's or Linda's altogether , therebyreuniting the "four musketeers" (Bruce, James, George, and I). I however remember the time wevisited Bruce on the set of "The Green Hornet" and having to sleep side by side to Bruce'south groovy Danedog, Bo. Another memory is from the fourth dimension when Bruce and Linda's daughter Shannon was born.By then, Bruce had really gotten into serious weight training and his body looked terrific. Information technology wasalso during this visit that Bruce took me aside and showed me his now, famous "My Chief DefiniteAim" statement, which he had written to help motivate himself.
Many people say that Bruce was mode alee of his fourth dimension. Simply he was not so far alee of his timeas to seem eccentric or as though he did not belong to this world. I retrieve a ameliorate descrip, tion isthat he was so finely attuned to himself and the world around him that he appeared to be ahead ofhis fourth dimension. He dressed very well and related to all people and their situations. Bruce as well knewexactly what he wanted in life. His focus and determination drove him to achieve the heights ofsuccess that he did in his short life.I operated a grocery shop in Oakland and Bruce often visited me there. I remember one timeBruce was at the shop for eight hours, waiting to surprise Linda on her birthday . Using somebutcher paper, he started sketching some cute gung fu drawings. At the end of the day , hejust threw them away . I kick my self at present for not taking them out of the garbage can! They wouldbe priceless to me, non because of the frenzy of Bruce Lee-memorabilia collecting that hassprung upwardly since his passing, simply considering of the memories they would now represent of the fourth dimension Ispent with my friend in the shop that twenty-four hours .Bruce used to tell me that he would become a common household name-"similar Coca, Cola"-and soit has come to laissez passer! In all my travels around the world, I take seen that the proper noun Bruce Lee isknown every where, from across N America to all parts of Europe and Asia. OneForeword 9 must understand that it is quite an achievement to be recognized in countries, suchasChina, that have been repressed, and y et if I mention the name Bruce Lee in a city like Shanghai,a lightbulb comes on automatically within the minds of the native Shanghaiese.In looking over some of these points, I realize just how easily my anecdotes of Bruce cometo me. Merely that is the style it was with Bruce. Fourth dimension would just stop when he was around. He was
so inspirational and high spirited. When I was downward, Bruce would alway s lift my spirits and Iwould feel better. He could be a serious person one moment and a jokester the side by side. He neverleft our house without showing my married woman how difficult and flat his washboard stomach was. He wouldoften leave us with knots in our stomachs thanks to his sense of humor and hilarious jokes. Ihope that these few remembrances I share with y ou convey some impression of what Bruce waslike and the excitement we had in knowing him.I must requite credit to John Little for taking on the tremendous job of documenting Bruce'sbody of work. John has sacrificed much in order to allow us to read and ponder what Bruce leftbehind. In this twelve book library , John shows us that Bruce truly was a Renaissance man-a thinker, a philosopher, an creative person, a tremendous phy sical specimen, and an actualized humanbeing. Bruce was multifaceted and multidimensional. John provides the opportunity to appreci ate the many lay ers that incorporate Bruce Lee. In many way due south, with the bulldoze and determination
hehas demonstrated in revealing the man who inspired him as kid, John reminds me of Bruce.I must also commend Bruce's wife, Linda. When Bruce and Linda were first married, shewas just a daughter in her twenties, who didn't even know how to cook. When they first arrived inOakland, I showed her how to cook some of the Chinese dishes Bruce preferred. Simply she hasblossomed into ane of the well-nigh gracious women I have e'er known. I know Bruce attributedmuch of his success to Linda. And it is with Linda's strength and perseverance that Jun Fan JeetKune Do was formed, an system comprised of many of Bruce's direct students dedicated tothe preservation and perpetuation of Bruce's art and philosophy . Bruce would exist very happyabout Linda's dedication.Bruce and Linda's girl Shannon was but a few y ears sometime when Bruce passed on. Butwith the germination of Jun Fan Jeet Kune Exercise, Shannon is learning more and more about her
father through the memories of many of Bruce's students and close friends. And with Shannon'saccomplishments, personally and professionally , Bruce would exist moved, proudly hugging herand patting her on the back to acknowledge that she was alway s his footling girl.In closing, I propose y ou read this book and use it to motivate y ourself to pursue whatevergoals y ou strive for in life. Hither is the record of a man who had to overcome his own obstaclesin life, and who achieved success because he believed in himself. Perchance y ou tin can utilise thisinspiration to achieve y our own success. Even now, I feel Bruce's presence and he still motivatesme to this day . When I'm lifting weights (which I still do two to three times per week), I "maxout" my workout by doing 1 more than rep for the "old man upstairs," and and so do i more forBruce. Information technology never fails!-Oakland, California, 199810 The Art of Expressing the Human Body By Linda Lee Cadwell
Allow me to describe to y ou a particular day in Bruce Lee's life-a day when he failed to achievethe level of expectation he had set for himself; a day that became a turning point in his life.The stage for the unfolding drama was the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute on Broadway in Oakland,California, a preparation gy k established past Bruce and James Y. Lee. Considering I was about eightmonths significant with Brandon, I recall quite clearly that the events of this day took place either inlate Dec 1964 or early in January 1965. Present to witness the historic milestone wereJimmy Lee and my cocky and several martial artists from San Francisco, w ose names I neverknew, although they appeared to exist elder masters. The featured play ers were Bruce and aChinese martial artist (y ounger than the elders), who undoubtedly had been picked to representthe interests of the San Francisco group.Discussion of the issue that led upward to this meeting could be an essay in itself, when viewed fromthe perspective of Chinese encounters with the West going dorsum at least to the Boxer Rebellion.Suffice information technology to say that, in this instance, the traditionally trained gung fu masters did not lookfavorably on Bruce's teaching martial art to Westerners, or actually to any one who was notChinese. So strongly did they harbor this historically bound belief, that a formal challenge wasissued to Bruce, insisting that he participate in a confrontation, the result of which would decidewhether he could go on to teach the "foreign devils." Bruce'southward philosophy echoed that ofConfucius: "In instruction there should exist no class distinctions." Therefore, without hesitation ordoubt, Bruce accepted the challenge and the date was gear up.The fight that ensued is more important for the effect it had on the class of Bruce's life than forthe result of the bodily confrontation. However, here is a brief description of the phy si, cal activeness:Inside moments of the initial clash, the Chinese gung fu human had proceeded to run in a circlearound the room, out a door that led to a small back room, and so in through another door to themain room. He completed this circle several times, with Bruce in hot pursuit. Finally , Brucebrought the human being to the floor, pinning him helplessly , and shouted (in Chinese), "Practice y ou give upward?"Subsequently repeating this question 2 or three times, the man conceded, and the San Francisco partydeparted quickly .The entire fight lasted about three minutes, leaving James and me ecstatic that the deci, siveconquest was so quickly concluded. Not Bruce. Like information technology was y esterday , I remember Bruce sittingon the dorsum steps of the gy m, head in hands, despairing over his disability to finish off the opponent
with efficient technique, and the failure of his stamina when he attempted to capture the runningman. For what probably was the commencement time in his life, Bruce was winded and weak, ened. Insteadof triumphing in his win, he was disappointed that his phy sical status and gungPreparation Meets Opportunity eleven fu training had not lived up to his expectations. Thismomentous event, then, was the impetusfor the evolution of jeet kune do and the birth of his new training government.Permit me emphasize that, to my or only about whatsoever body else's observation, in early 1965 Bruceappeared to be in superb phy sical condition. Growing upwardly in Hong Kong, Bruce was not an espe,cially genetically gifted y oungster. In fact, his mother recounted to me that Bruce was a skinnylittle child whose schedule of attending schoolhouse in the 24-hour interval and (often) working on films late intothe night did not foster a healthy lifesty le. However, from the age of xiii, when he began tostudy Wing Chun under Master Yip Man, Bruce trained continuously and arduously on a dailybasis, so that when I met him in 1963 he appeared to be in great shape. After the Oakland con,frontation, this was not good plenty for Bruce-he knew he had to do more and better to be
prepared to realize his dreams when the opportunity arose.For Bruce, it was not simply a thing of running extra miles, doing more reps, or increasingpoundage in his weight preparation. He approached the resolution of the "problem" in a scientificmanner: (one) Set new goals for fitness and health, (two) research the best way south to reach thedesired changes, and (3) implement the new methods using a scientific approach, recordingprogress and change ing the approach when necessary . There was nothing haphazard aboutBruce'due south training regime, neither was he particularly "lucky " in having started out with naturalphy sical gifts. The greatest talents that Bruce brought to realizing his dreams were intelligenceand curiosity (hand in hand, a powerful combination), dedication and perseverance (stick,to,itive,ness even in the face of intervening obstacles), and focus (enjoy ing the journey as much as thedestination) .Sometimes I am asked, How did he have the time to practise so much training? The reply is
uncomplicated-that was how he decided to spend his fourth dimension. The choices he made in each of his 24,hourday s included devoting several hours to training his body and mind in society to be the best thathe could exist. This is also where the wealth of his imagination came into play . In addition to reg,ularly scheduled training times, it was "normal" for Bruce to be involved in several things at thesame fourth dimension: reading a book, curling a dumbbell, and stretching a leg, for example; or play ingsomeI'kind of phy sical game with the children; or doing isometric, ty pe exercises while driving his car.As a kid he was nicknamed, "Never Sits All the same"; he was the same as an adult.The process that Bruce undertook to achieve his goal of superior fitness forms the contentsof The Art of Expressing the Human being Body , the title of which was so aptly coined by Bruce indescribing his mode of martial art. Bruce'south martial art, jeet kune do, which is an all, encompassingapproach to living life at the pinnacle of developed potential, naturally includes preparation the
phy sical body to achieve its peak performance. A fitting description of Bruce's devotion to his artis to say that he attained the apex of functional beauty .When reading this volume, it is more important that the reader recognize the process Bruceemploy ed rather than dwell on the specific exercises and daily schedules. Rather than merelycopy exactly what Bruce Lee did in his practise sessions, ane should take annotation of the numeroussources-both technical and through personal observation-Bruce employ ed in his research12 The Art of Expressing the Homo Body and seek to follow this scientific pattern of problemresolution. With the explosion of the fitness wellness wellness industries in the by severaldecades, at that place certainly is a great corporeality of infor mation available to the inspired pupil.Bruce would have immersed himself in the new inquiry and would encourage y ou to dolikewise. Alway south improving, never arriving at the superlative, but alway due south undergoing the process, Bruceenjoy ed the never ending journey toward pby sicaJ per fection. In other words, the means wereas important every bit the goal, which was to be prepared when the opportunity arose to share his "art ofexpressing the human body ." The record that survives of Bruce's preparation for opportunityconsists, of course, of his classic films also as the preparation notes he left, many of which arecontained in this book.For my self, Bruce has served as a lifelong inspiration to exist phy sically active and wellness conscious. Throughout our lives together he was my teacher as well as husband, friend, andfather of my children. I go along to rely on his example for daily motivation. Now, in the form ofthis book, an opportunity arises for the reader to share in Bruce'southward art and inspiration.
Paraphrasing Aristotle, the sectional sign of a thorough noesis is the power of teach ing. Itwill get axiomatic to the reader that Bruce had a thorough noesis of fettle and training.Rather than clinging to the bits of factual information in this volume, it is more impor tant tounderstand the method. We can all show our gratitude to Bruce for the instance he left u.s.a. byallowing the gift of Bruce's teaching to empower us to know "the style " to accomplish our maxi mumpotential so that preparation volition arise to meet opportunity .Grooming Meets Opportunity 13 REFA EAll ty human foot of noesis ultimately leads to cocky knowledge. So, therefore, these people are comingin andasking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in.Rather,they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be itdetermination orwhatever. So, in other words, they 're pay ing me to bear witness them, in antagonistic form, the fine art ofexpressingthe human trunk .- Bruce LeeFor y ears there has been much speculation on how
the great martial creative person and philosopher, Bruce Lee,trained to develop his body . I say "speculation" forthe simple fact that all accounts thus far have beenlargely anecdotal or secondhand, the result of ask ing but sure students (in some cases) decadesafter the fact to recall exactly how Lee trained inorder to develop such a magnificent phy sique andhow he was able to principal the movement potentialof his body to such an astounding caste.The trouble inherent in such a process isthat (1) about of these students only didn't paythat much attending to Lee'southward personal grooming
methods, preferring at the time to focus more on hiscombative principles and techniques, and (2) notmany of his students were really given the oppor tunity to observe him train with any degree of regularity , as Lee preferred to railroad train alone.The problem is further exacerbated by the fact that Lee was constantly experimentingwith new exercise appliance and workout principles, so that fifty-fifty if students did manage to wit ness a conditioning, the virtually it would represent would be the cinematic equivalent of i frame outof thousands of anxiety of movement picture film. And, just as one frame could not be held up to rep resent the plot of any pic, one vague memory of a workout performed over xx y ears agocannot realistically serve to frame the totality of Bruce Lee's grooming beliefs. As Lee himselfonce said, "There is no such thing every bit an effective segment of a totality ."Before long after Bruce Lee passed away , when I was thirteen- an age when y oung males are
seeking positive function models to whom they can look up- I recall being peculiarly impressedwith Lee's phy sique and being equally frustrated with the lack of data regarding how hebuilt information technology. Certainly he wasn't born with such a body , nor with such awesome phy sical ability . Hemust have created it- but how? If it was simply the result of his martial art training, then, by14 The Art of Expressing the Human Body definition, whatever one who practiced martial art-andLee's martial art of jeet kune exercise in particular- would have a similar if non identi, cal phy sique.And this conspicuously was not the case.Pictures of Lee when he was in his teens and early twenties reveal that his body wasn't alway s sowell developed-that is, it wasn't simply a genetic fluke. He had to have built it. Again, the questionof "how?" arose. And once more, no reply was forthcoming. The one field where I expected to findthe reply-martial fine art-independent scores of magazine articles and even books written supposedlyabout Lee's "preparation methods," but they revealed zip of substance about how he built hisbody . Whatever information they did reveal was vague and (I later learned) misleading.People who knew Lee and even claimed to take trained with him revealed contradictoryinformation, at all-time. 1 student recalled that Lee was "a v,mile,a,twenty-four hours runner" (he wasn't),while another indicated that Lee seldom ran more than "two miles a day ." Then in that location is thesubject of Bruce Lee's use of weights to build his trunk . For y ears the popular notion has been thatLee advocated the utilise of extremely high repetitions (i.e., upward of 25 reps per gear up) in his train,ing, and y et in reading through his papers and personal training diaries while researching thisbook, I could detect no evidence to support this contention (his ain handwritten records revealrepetitions of a more pocket-size nature, e.k., 6 to 12 per gear up).Further, none of these so,called government seemed able to explicate or analyze exactly what it wasthat Lee did to become what some have called "the fittest man on the planet." Simply say , ing that
he "lifted weights and ran" was a woefully inadequate explanation. How could such a response(which was pretty much the give-and-take of the authorities) prove helpful to the individual interested infollowing Lee'due south workout methods? After all, such an answer is really no answer unless the"how" and "what" are addressed: How did Bruce Lee elevator weights? What exercises did he utilize ?How many sets did he perform? How many reps did he perform? How many 24-hour interval s per calendar week didhe railroad train? And, about importantly , did Bruce Lee accept any special preparation routines?Finally , the answers are forthcoming. Twenty ,v y ears subsequently Lee's death, his widow Linda LeeCadwell graciously opened the door to a heretofore unknown world of Bruce Lee. Private papers,essay south, reading annotations, and diaries were revealed, containing information invalu, able to allthose wishing to know more near what Bruce Lee really held to exist important and, byPreface 15 omission, what he really did not hold to exist important.In improver, Lee'southward papers, which frame The Fine art ofExpressing the Human Body , finally allow u.s.a. to viewthe verbal methods that Bruce Lee employ ed to build,develop, and condition his incredible body .Some individuals believe that unless y oupossess Bruce Lee's phy sical attributes, attemptinghis workouts and training methods is futile. I tin can
simply respond that this straight opposes Lee'due south ownbeliefs and, indeed, the laws of human phy siology .The stimulus that resulted in a bigger, more defined,faster, and stronger muscle in Bruce Lee is the exactsame stimulus that will bring about a similar responsein y ou-such is the nature of human being phy siology .Anatomically and phy siologically every humanbeing is substantially the same-something Bruce Leewas keenly aware of during his lifetime, and that isreflected in both his martial fine art and his personaltraining behavior. And, while it'southward true that certain anatomical and phy siological features may varyamong individuals, such variations exist inside a very limited and quantifiable range, without
altering the fact that the basic governing principles are the same, and without altering theessence of our ain singled-out
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