The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge.
All martial arts is simply an honest expression of one’s body – with a lot of deception in between.
We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create.
Turn your sparring into play – but always play seriously.
If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or from that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don’t fuss over it.
I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of human beings that are structually different from us, there can be no different style of fighting.
More and more I believe in the fact that you have two hands and two legs, and the thing is how to make good use of yourself – and that’s about it.
Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.
The moment is freedom. – I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.
Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.
The primary Reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think.
The timeless moment. – The “moment” has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.
I did what I came here to do. What I’ve done I’ve done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can’t expect much more from life.
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.
Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves.
One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don’t work, then introduce the more complex ones.
To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.
The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being.
Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship.