PDF Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon The Original 19581973 Correspondence The Bruce Lee Library Bruce Lee John Little Books
PDF Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon The Original 19581973 Correspondence The Bruce Lee Library Bruce Lee John Little Books
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Letters of the Dragon Correspondence, 1958-1973 is a fascinating glimpse of the private Bruce Lee behind the public image.
So much has been written about Bruce Lee—the martial arts superstar whose combination of strength, agility and charisma are legendary—but seldom are we able to see beneath the veneer of Lee's public image to view his inner self. Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon does just that—offering a highly personal view of the man through the letters he wrote to his close friends and family from his teenage years right up until his untimely death in 1973 at the tender age of 32.
This unparalleled collection of Bruce Lee's personal correspondence begins with his high school days in Hong Kong and continues throughout the period when he was working as a successful actor in America and Hong Kong, right up until the time he died. During this period he was also developing radically new concepts about Asian martial arts—including his own Jeet Kune Do martial arts system. In these letters, we can see all the optimism, tenacity, integrity and intense loyalty for which Bruce Lee is known and adored by millions of fans today.
More than a fascinating chronicle of his rise to superstardom, these letters offer intimate glimpses of the artist, husband, father and friend behind the legend.
This Bruce Lee Book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features
- Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts
- Bruce Lee The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon
- Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu
- Bruce Lee Artist of Life
- Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body
- Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do
PDF Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon The Original 19581973 Correspondence The Bruce Lee Library Bruce Lee John Little Books
"In the 70's, we all wanted to be "just like Bruce Lee". Later on, I realized that impossibility. I also realized that the real goal was to find what it was that I wanted to pursue in life, and to be myself. That is what Bruce Lee did. He pursued that which he had a passion for...Hard, fast and continuously. This book by John Little tells us how Bruce Lee did it."
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Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon The Original 19581973 Correspondence The Bruce Lee Library Bruce Lee John Little Books Reviews :
Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon The Original 19581973 Correspondence The Bruce Lee Library Bruce Lee John Little Books Reviews
- Overall, the main content of this book is solid. The author gives us a glimpse of Bruce Lee's training method and methodology, and I feel this book would be a valuable reference for anyone interested in martial arts, or fitness in general. As you may notice, I am rating this book as 3/5 stars. There are a couple reasons I am deducting 2 stars.
1. The author padded the book a bit too much. I found some of the motivations for each chapter to be too long-winded. Bruce Lee seemed to care a lot about efficiency, and the book isn't presented in an efficient way.
2. Having the lists of exercises and the descriptions of each is really nice. The pictures included have little-to-nothing to do with the exercises, however. It would be great to have some helpful figures/photos for each of the exercises (yes, I realize YouTube exists... but again, fancy pictures of Bruce Lee are not helpful at all, and simply add to the fluff. - As a lifetime student of numerous martial arts (Judo, wrestling, boxing, Jujitsu, Karate-Do, Kenjutsu, Military combatives, Jeet Kune Do etc.), I was a Bruce Lee fan for many years. I have also read just about every book published on the late Bruce Lee and his own fighting expression of Jeet Kune Do. Like Bruce, I sought out numerous fitness activities which would make be a more efficient martial artist. When I saw this fantastic book (Bruce Lee the art of expressing the human body compiled by John Little), for a bargain price I had to have it. It is one of the few books I have not read previously on Bruce Lee.
This short review cannot due this book justice. If you desire to know the various exercise routines and equipment Bruce used to become super fighting fit, this is a must read book. Interestingly, in my own search I used many of the same sources when I was training seriously in the martial arts. Bruce did not seek out a bodybuilder’s hugeness but his hard muscular body was focused on creating more power and speed in his techniques. He sought out exercise programs from a wide variety of systems.
Some of the many tools he used to build his strength and power include the following Isometric (8 basic) exercises, barbells, dumbbells, kettle bells, circuit training routines, the Enter the Dragon routine for martial artists, abdominal exercises, forearm exercises, Bruce Lee’s top 7 exercises for the neck and shoulders, and his top exercises for building the chest, back, arms, legs and calves. He also had a routine when training with the heavy bag and numerous other exercise programs.
If you desire to understand what it takes to be the best you can be in any martial art, this book is for you. Bruce Lee understood clearly the essential fitness factors that go into any martial art training routine. This book in my opinion is a classic on the training methods of the late Bruce Lee.
Rating 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Co-Author The Monadnock (MDTS) Defensive Tactics System) - This book is great! It has so much knowledge on exercise and really helps for marital artists who want to gain strength in all the right ways without hindering their fighting abilities. The book is long and takes you through all the basics of Bruce Lee's workouts. My only complaint though is that it does not detail any of his workouts thoroughly so you will likely be confused about what exactly to do. I have learned a lot from this book and I highly recommend it to anyone.
- I prefer "Tao of Jeet Kun Do" better in terms of getting a more first hand count of Bruce's approach and philosophy on training, but this is still a great book. It gives more insight as to what he actually did and certain exercises that he found most useful. Granted he trained back in the late 60's early 70's, and more research/training methods have been discovered, but this book still holds true as it applies much of the core fundamentals of any weight lifting regiment with an emphasis towards martial arts and total overall strength. Great for beginners/intermediates, with some cool background info. I'll keep this one around forever!
- In the 70's, we all wanted to be "just like Bruce Lee". Later on, I realized that impossibility. I also realized that the real goal was to find what it was that I wanted to pursue in life, and to be myself. That is what Bruce Lee did. He pursued that which he had a passion for...Hard, fast and continuously. This book by John Little tells us how Bruce Lee did it.
- A friend of mine on Twitter mentioned this book, it looked interesting, and so I got it.
Although I've got a number of books on bodybuilding and fitness, this book really helped me make the resolution to lose an extra 40 pounds that I've been carrying around, and got me started on the path to doing it.
I always thought of circuit training as something girls do, but I discovered it's actually a great way to maintain or gain muscle while losing weight. Although I've been lifting for about six months (I've lifted seriously at two points in the past) I found I had a visible change in my physique after two weeks of circuit training + a high protein and whole food diet with almost no added sugar.
I like also that Bruce also explored some of the areas that often get overlooked in fitness programs, such as forearm development. (Most guys who work out at the gym have big biceps and triceps, and scrawny forearms -- although I'm looking into other books to learn more, this book got me started on the path of doing something about it rather than just complaining about it.)
This wouldn't be the only book you'd want to own about fitness, but it's the best one I own when it comes to morivating myself to get results and change my body. - This one is the yellow covered book (There's yellow covers and red covers out there). Bruce Lee is great, this book is great. We have the "Bruce Lee Complete Edition" and this book "Art of Expressing the Human Body". If you are looking to work out or build skill/techniques, this book is much better than the Complete Edition. Better figures, direct descriptions, workout/training notes from Bruce. The pictures are ridiculously awesome too, they did not fake those punches )
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