#126 A Fancy Mess
Bruce Lee referred to the separateness of all the martial arts styles as a "Fancy Mess" or "Organized Despair." This included the blind devotion of martial arts students who lacked a real sense of ind...
28 Nov 201843min
#125 Interview with Doug Palmer
In this episode Shannon and Sharon sit down with Doug Palmer, a student of and close friend to Bruce Lee. Doug shares with us personal stories and anecdotes about his friendship with Bruce, including ...
21 Nov 201840min
#124 A Gung Fu Man: Part 2
In this episode, we continue our discussion of Bruce Lee's cards he wrote to his friend and first assistant instructor Taky Kimura. In these cards to Taky, Bruce lays out these principles on how to be...
14 Nov 201840min
#123 A Gung Fu Man: Part 1
In this episode we discuss some cards that Bruce Lee sent in 1964 to his best friend Taky Kimura. Taky was Bruce's best friend, he was the best man in Bruce and Linda's wedding, and Taky was Bruce's f...
7 Nov 201837min
#122 On Zen
Bruce Lee's The Tao of Jeet Kune Do was published posthumously in 1976 and the very first section is titled "On Zen." While the Tao of Jeet Kune Do is an instructional book, it is not structured that ...
31 Okt 201842min
#121 Bruce Lee Library - Great Ideas from the Great Books
Bruce Lee had a giant library and read voraciously. He would annotate his books, and it's evident that these books helped influence his philosophies and approach to living life. We think it's importan...
24 Okt 201842min
#120 Letter to Pearl
This episode features a letter that Bruce Lee wrote to his good family friend Pearl Tso when he was 21. Pearl was around Bruce's age, and her mother was Bruce's favorite auntie who was a mentor and go...
17 Okt 201839min
#119 The Nature of Water
"Be water, my friend." This is one of Bruce Lee's most famous quotes, but how did the idea first come to Bruce? In this episode we share and discuss an essay that Bruce wrote around his epiphany on th...
10 Okt 201844min
