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Bruce Lee playing ping pong with his nanchucks for Nokia N96. Simply breathtaking.

Oh, and, the speculation since this was released has been rife as to whether or not the video is real, faked using CGI or faked using a Bruce Lee impersonator. I don’t know either.

But I know that Bruce Lee transcended traditional martial arts. He took a holistic approach. He was capable of doing the impossible.

Here are just a few of Bruce Lee’s physical feats, which were documented:

Performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger.
Could hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
Could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
Could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.
Performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second
In speed demonstrations could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
Here are just a few of Bruce Lee’s physical feats, which were documented:

Performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger.
Could hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
Could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
Could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.
Performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second
In speed demonstrations could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.

Although Lee is best known as a martial artist, he also studied drama and philosophy while a student at the University of Washington. He was well-read and had an extensive library. His own books on martial arts and fighting philosophy are known for their philosophical assertions both inside and outside of martial arts circles. His eclectic philosophy often mirrored his fighting beliefs, though he was quick to claim that his martial arts were solely a metaphor for such teachings. He believed that any knowledge ultimately led to self-knowledge, and said that his chosen method of self-expression was martial arts. His influences include Taoism, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Buddhism. The some quotations and part of his interview reflect his fighting philosophy.

Bruce Lee's interview : "Be water, my friend."


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Be formless... shapeless, like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You pour water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put water into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow, or creep or drip or crash! Be water, my friend..."

Here is a kinetic typography homage to Bruce Lee’s “Be water, my friend.”





"All types of knowledge, ultimately leads to self knowledge"

"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it".

"Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have create another pattern and trapped yourself there".

"I always learn something, and that is: to always be yourself. And to express yourself, to have faith in yourself.

"Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate him".

Lee is no longer with us, his teachings and his example live on. Diligence, hard work, bearing up under adversity and refusing to short-change either oneself or one's potential. Bruce Lee said, "Low aim is the biggest crime a man can commit." Walk on!