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This time I intercepted your emotional tightness. You see, if only one can just punch—from the head to the fist, how much time is lost!

Jeet kune do uses all ways and is bound by none, and likewise uses any technique or means which serves its end. Efficiency is anything that scores.

Jeet kune do is fitting in with one’s opponent, but there is no path, no self, and no goal.

Jeet kune do’s first concern is about its experience and not its modes of expression.

As to martial arts, I still practice daily. I train my students and friends twice a week. It doesn’t matter if they are Western boxers, tae kwon do students, or wrestlers, I will train them as long as they are friendly and don’t get uptight. Since I started to practice realistically in 1966 (protectors, gloves, etc.), I feel that I had many prejudices before, and they are wrong. So I changed the name of the gist of my study to jeet kune do.

Jeet kune do is only a name. The most important thing is to avoid having bias in the training. Although the principle of boxing is important, practicality is even more important.