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This video is no longer available because of a copyright claim by the Heirs of Bruce Lee & Concord Moon LP. Which is a shame because it was fascinating and I hadn't gotten a chance to see the 3rd part yet or transcribe parts of the 1st segment. I did however, get this little nugget which I will be coming back to in future posts. And who knows? Maybe the copyright dispute will be resolved. Ha!
Pierre Berton: Interesting- we don't in our world, and haven't since the days of the Greeks who did, combine philosophy and art with sport. But quite clearly, the oriental attitude is that the three are facets of the same thing.
Bruce Lee: Man. Listen. You see. Really. To me, okay. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself. Now it is very difficult to do. I mean, it is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky feeling. And then feel like pretty cool and all that. Or, I can make all kinds of phony things. See what I mean? Blinded by it or I can show you some really fancy movement. But to express one's self honestly, not blind to one's self, and to express myself honestly - now that, that, my friend is, very hard to do and you have to train. You have to keep your reflexes so that when you want to move you are moving and you are determined to move. Not taking one inch- Not anything less than that. If I want to punch I'm gonna do it, man, and I'm gonna do it. So that is the type of thing you have to train yourself to, to become one with the- You think and (snaps his fingers indicating movement and flow).
Pierre Berton: Yeah. That is very unwestern. This attitude.
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