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Western hygiene is a gratuitous waste of energy. The overexertion and overdevelopment of bodily organs involved in Western athletics is detrimental to one’s health. Chinese hygiene, on the other hand, throws its emphasis on conservation of energy; the principle is always that of moderation without going to the extreme. Whatever exercise there may be consists of harmonious movements calculated to normalize but not to excite one’s bodily regimen. It starts out with a mental regimen as a basis, in which the sole object is to bring about peace and calmness of mind. With this as a basis, it aims at stimulating the normal functioning of the internal process of respiration and blood circulation.

Source: Handwritten essay by Bruce Lee entitled “The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of the Chinese Martial Art,” dated May 16, 1962. Bruce Lee Papers.

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GUNG FU: THE CENTER OF THE ORIENTAL ARTS

Gung fu, the center of the Oriental arts of self-defense, is a philosophical art that serves to promote health, to cultivate the mind, and to provide a most efficient means of self-protection.