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Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

Bruce Lee
Power, Endurance, Speed

One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.

Bruce Lee
Mean, Power, Important
Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.119, Tuttle Publishing

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.

Bruce Lee
Dream, Positivity, Power
Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.377, Tuttle Publishing

The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

Bruce Lee
Strong, Athlete, Power
Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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