Bruce Lee Posting Tombstone Of The Death Of The Classical Martial Artist

[Foiling Fist]

In the front window of Bruce Lee's school, he displayed a tombstone of the death of the Classical Martial Artist.

Anyone know wht happened to this tombstone, is it in Bruce Lee's casket?

But the creation which George is most proud of and which was especially cherished by both he and Bruce is the small tombstone which symbolizes the death of the “classical” martial artist.'

From: http://www.bruceleefoundation.com/i....0669/pid/10225

[Fa Xing]

I'd be curious to know....

[David Jamieson]

Maybe it's in Taki's home?
Or that MA museum in cali?
Or Chuck has it...

maybe we shouldn't ask...

[GeneChing]

Do you mean that small tombstone that read:

In memory of the once fluid man, crammed and distorted by the classical mess.

[Fa Xing]

That's probably the one, and now that I think of it; I recall that it may still be hanging in Dan Inosanto's school in Marina Del Rey, CA.

[Foiling Fist]

The Bruce Lee worshipers have removed the post; it is an embarrassment.

Some BL worshipers train in Classical Martial Arts; and this article shows that incompatible.

See cached version at: http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us

Do you mean that small tombstone that read:

'George made many pieces for Bruce, including a gripping machine, a wrist roller, a three sectional staff, a leg pulley, numerous punching bags, kicking boards of various sizes, etc. One interesting thing George made was a pair of hi-top boxing shoes for Bruce who asked George to take the soles off and fashion them from aluminum. Only the front portion of the sole was made out of aluminum and then dipped in a protective coating. When asked why Bruce wants the shoes made this way, he told George that he would use the extra strength shoes to keep crazed fans from ripping his shirts. Bruce thought it would be more cost effective to have tough shoes than to keep buying new shirts. George recollects that in all he made approximately fourteen pieces of equipment for Bruce. However, George fashioned many things other than training equipment; such as, desk nameplates, a brass bowl, pins and calling cards. The Bruce Lee Educational Foundation pins are a direct descendent of the pins made by George for Bruce. George Lee also made for Bruce the four plaques with the various stages of the yin yang symbol with the arrows and Bruce’s quote: “Using no way as way; having no limitation as limitation.” But the creation which George is most proud of and which was especially cherished by both he and Bruce is the small tombstone which symbolizes the death of the “classical” martial artist.'

[SPJ]

if you ask your students to walk 3 to 5 miles daily, not running.

many people would drop the first week.

if you ask your students to assume a low horse stance or wide horse stance for 25 min in a session

many more would drop.

if you--

no body left

thus the tomb tablet of "classical/traditional/old" CMA practices

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[Foiling Fist]

Old Body=>Nobody=>New Body: (~Buddhist nomind?)

Some of the best Kung Fu schools, you are not even interviewed without a referral.

One of the best training and teachers that I trained with in Tiger Tae Kwon Do; would give 3 hour classes at his Grove Street Merritt College Charter Class.
His non-charter classes were overcrowded with wannabes and beginners. The workouts would dwindle the regular classes to a fraction of their original enrollment.

In the Charter Class; you would do one thousand good kicks: before the lesson.
This class got quite reputation, and was still full. Anyone left studying here; had some of that reputation; a number won California State Championships.

Many boxers and football players also run. Armies thrive on long walk training.

Old Classical Internal Martial Art Training used to require low stance training exclusively for the first year or two. This also weeded out the slackers, and draining of the school, but was also done for laying the foundations.

If one cannot hold a stance for about an hour (San Ti or Standing Pole);
they do not have the energy for the internal moves; and
they lack a stable, rooted launch platform for effective and dynamic martial moves.

Might as well be dance; without the martial energy.

One learns to watch their body without attachment; nobody (Buddhist nomind?)
No need to ignore, or ruled by the body's sensation of pain; anymore than smell or sight.

You won't have much of a business with these standards though. If you want that; get the fools to sign a 3-12 month contract like the health clubs.

if you ask your students to walk 3 to 5 miles daily, not running.

many people would drop the first week.
if you ask your students to assume a low horse stance or wide horse stance for 25 min in a session
many more would drop.
if you--
no body left
thus the tomb tablet of "classical/traditional/old" CMA practices
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