Mickey Z

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Friday, July 21, 2006

How to win a fight (part IV)

There is purity in the street fighter. He or she reacts without the “benefit” of organized training. Every punch, every duck, every kick, every block, every action—for better or for worse—is an expression of self, uncluttered by memorized forms and moves. This is precisely why so many seasoned martial artists would not stand a chance against a confident bar brawler. This is much more to life than the tried and true lessons our teachers attempt to pass on.

Bruce Lee sez: “All set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”

Read the fourth installment here.

P.S. Yesterday, July 20, marked 33 years since we lost Bruce Lee...

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