A good martial artist does not become tense but ready, not thinking but not dreaming, ready for what ever may come. When the apponent expands I contract. When he contracts I expand. And when there is an opportunity I do not hit, (raising his fist into the air) it hits all by itself.
"There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, yet for attacking things that are hard and strong there is nothing that surpasses it ... the soft overcomes the hard; the weak overcomes the strong." - Lao Tsu
best... movie.... ever.
such a good movie. there are no words to describe it.
my favorite qoute..."me fail english?, thats unpossible." - ralph wiggam
favorite serious quote.... "if at first you dont succeed... blame it on the closest person" - me.
favorite real quote..."see, thats the attitude thats ticken' people off!" - guy talking to Gene starwind of outlaw star.
favorite real serious quote..."hmm... i cant think of one right now.." - my head
fav. show, outlaw star, simpsons
fav. movie, army of darkness, mr.rossies dreams
i was thinking of that john but then i thought "that's a stupid quote." I mean he doesn't like people breaking bords cos they don't hit back but neither do punching bags or wooden dummies so why doesn't he hate them too?
I am under the impression that what Bruce Lee may have meant with the "quote"..."Boards don't hit back" was that having the ability to break a board does in no way signify that you have any fighting prowness. Yes, it is true that Heavy bags don't hit back either, and I would say that the quote applies to the bag just as well. Lets give it a shot..."Bags don't hit back"...Yeah, sounds good to me!
See what I mean? Taken in that context, hitting any 'dead' object is in no way an indicator of your ability to fight.
Oh, one more thing (edited in)...we all do realize that the whole "Boards" thing was just a line from a movie...right?
All the best,
BIG Sean Madigan
This message has been edited by Sean Madigan on Dec 19, 2002 2:17 PM
"Hey! Our dates are here! And yours ain't lookin' so good!"
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Todd, send me a video of you doing your 20, you evil man.
Chris, I'd love to tell you all about star wars galaxies, but there is this nasty little thing called an NDA. Basically it says if I say anything top secret about the game before it's publically announced by Lucas Arts or Sony, a Sith Lord will come and toss me around like a rag doll before asking me "Who's your daddy". Then I'll have to whine and yell "NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo, that's impossible..." then he'll say "yo check yo self bizatch, search your innards fool, you know it be straight up".
About the "Boards don't hit back" post, I think that this applies to the fact that since Bob Wll mentally thought that he could beat Bruce simply because he broke a board. However since it was just an attack on something, it proves nothing.
As for the punching bag part you can't prove that you can win a fight because you hit a punching bag really hard. Make sense?
Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like and echo.
and this one too....
Jeet Kune Do, ultimately, is not a matter of petty technique but of highly developed personal spirituality and physique. It is not a question of developing what has already been developed but of recovering what has been left behind. These things have been with us, in us, all the time and have never been lost or distorted except by our misguided manipulation of them. Jeet Kune Do is not a matter of technology but of spiritual insight and training.
"Come on touch me anywhere you can. To reach me you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you. I'm using my longest weapon, my side kick against the nearest target, your knee cap. This can be compaired to the left jab in boxing."
-Bruce Lee, Longstreet
This is from "Lord of the Rings." Im not shure if they say this exactly but, "It dose'nt matter how much time you have on earth, its what you do with."
Someone at the Oxford University has discoverd an Unrealese book that the Author of Lord of the rings had written. It will be realesed next summer.
Alrighty then....You guys are wound a little tight! I am just referencing where I heard the quote.....
I issue the most sincere apologies to all who I have mislead regarding the origin of my previous quote. It comes from the depths of my soul and is meant with every fiber of my being. I will now go put my entire family to death and commit ritual Sepuku (sp) so as not to pass any of my ignorant ways.
Hey gang,
Pretty much lurk around here but thought I'd jump in on this one, not really in line with many of the others but to me it's a good "Get off your butt and do something/keep chuggin" quote:
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
-Calvin Coolidge
Does quoting Calvin Coolidge make me some sort of super-nerd?
Nice quote! Don't worry about the super-nerd thing. Being Canadian, I didn't know who Calvin Coolidge is/was off the top of my head, so I had to look it up. So I guess that makes me a "super-nerd wannabe". Remember I'm the guy who posted two Star Wars quotes.
Do you mind if I use your quote on my website? I really like it, it sort of touches on what I've been thinking alot about lately. Along the lines of "Inspiration is nice, but fleeting". I'm sure we've all fought the mental battle that is involved in keeping a consistant workout routine.
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
My favourite qoute is " Be like water, you pour water in a cup it becomes the cup, you pour water into a teapot it becomes the teapot. Waster can flow and crash, be like water my friend. - Bruce Lee.
