Bruce Lee's Fighting Method Basic Training, Vol. 2

by Bruce Lee

Book Overview

Reveals how the iconic warrior attained his legendary speed, power, and footwork. Included are practical, effective stretches for increasing flexibility, abdominal exercises that can be performed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897500512
• Release Date: May 1977
• Publisher: Black Belt Communications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

martial arts master.

this book really does stand up to the standards. it teaches you how to train yourself with little preparation. this book follows other BRUCE LEEs FIGHTING METHOD books and each one is really good. i do kung-fu but jeet kune do, i find much better as it is relaxed. this book starts you off so that u then can go on and read the others like, skill in techniques and advanced techniques. i really do recommend this book to start off with if you want to become quite a skilled fighter. i am only 13 but i find bruce lee very interesting and his books even more. i hope this review helps you

an excellent book - very highly recommended

This book is easy to understand, and very possible for someone with absolutely no martial arts background or knowledge. Lee took his experience with other forms and simple logic to create a near-perfect fighting form: Jeet Kune Do. I can't explain it all in here, and I really don't want to, but if you want to learn how to use practical, fast, and powerful fighting techniques, this is the book to start out with. The Tao of Jeet Kune Do doesn't explain details of the system. The other books and series that feature Jeet Kune Do mostly outline the attacks and parries, and that may be okay for people who don't care about technique, but if you're like me, you'll want to stick with this series until you finish it, and then go on to the philosophies, tips, and outlines for sparring and combat. If you want to be frustrated by books that don't explain techniques, however, go for one of the advanced books, but you're not going to get anything out of them. You're going to be very pleased with this book, and it's the perfect stepping stone. Also, I've read other reviews saying that there isn't enough information in it, but I think that there's plenty, and if you need more, go buy the next book in the series.

This book helped me a lot

I bought this book about two months ago and I really liked it. I always wondered how Lee trained to get as fit as he was. I wanted to have the power and agility that he had. This book outlines all that you need to know for stretches and excercises as well as the good stuff. It shows you some of the basic positions you want to keep and how you should react to a punch or some attack. I take martial arts and have been for about a year and a half. I enjoy it very much and this book also helped me to keep my martial arts lifestyle, not just in the classroom, but at home and wherever.

Excellent Book!

Excellent book to show the basics and mechanics of Bruce Lee's fighting style (Jeet Kune Do). Currently taking JKD myself, this book has helped me tremendously in learning the "details" of such basic things like the basic JKD stance, jab, cross, uppercut, side-step, etc. as well as training. I feel it's an excellent book if you wish to learn more about Lee's fighting style. Other books I'd recommend based on his fighting style would be the rest of this series, as well as "The Bruce Lee Library" series by John Little. The "Tao Of Jeet Kune Do" is also an excellent book that includes his own personal notes and thoughts about his fighting art.

This is what I, as a martial artist, consider my Bible

This book is probably the most important book of this series. I am a martial artist who trains in the JKD philosophy. This is the book I look back to constantly, and I will always consider this the most important one in my martial arts library. The Basics are the MOST important aspect of your training. A great fighter must have a great foundation. Don't buy this book expecting to become Bruce, to become great you must want to be great. What is covered in this book all of Bruce's student's teach. If you go to a Richard Bustillo, Tim Tacket, Chris Kent, or Dan Inosanto, chances are you'll be learning the stuff directly from this book.The book covers basic exercises, stance, footwork, and ideas behind punching and kicking. DON'T expect this book to be the only "way". Don't expect this book to train you. It's only a book not a personal trainer. The exercises in the book are not "impossible" as one person commented. They are totally effective. You should buy this book with an open mind. Don't just read this book, understand this book.