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The trouble is that circumstances must dictate what you do. But too many people are looking at “what is” from a position of thinking “what should be.”

The “space” created between “what is” and “what should be.” Total awareness of the now and not the disciplined stillness.

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.

PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES

The art of offensive defense

Though your style should be a combination of offense and defense, I often stress that offense should be the more emphasized. This does not mean that we should neglect defense; actually, as the reader will later realize, into every jeet kune do offense, defense is also welded in to form what I term “defensive offense.”

In attacking, you must never be halfhearted. Your main concern is with the correct and most determined execution of your offensive. You should be like a steel spring ready at the slightest opening to set the explosive charge of your dynamic attack.