"The Dragon" Bruce Lee

For this post I wanted to pay homage to one of the most influential people that has changed my life by there art and there expression of true fitness at its finest level martial arts. Bruce Lee is hands down my all time favorite martial artists from all of his movies to his actual ability to be lightning fast to the point where they would have to slow the cameras down because it couldn't register how quick he was. To his unnatural control and technique with the nunchaka as well as his fist and feet.

 He was able to fully express himself and his inner intent or soul through his art form which was the motion and coordination of the body for attack and defense. I have great admiration for the art form of martial arts as well as for his contribution and making it more mainstream in the western sense as well as popularizing the martial arts to the extent where they have become common place in American. For the sake of fun and just for fellow aspirants on the path of self mastery i present you with a master who set me on my on personal path of self discovery in spiritual as well as bodily pursuits. The true mastery of the self through the linkage if the body and the mind. Perfecting both aspects and then wielding them into a terrible whole that is capable of perfect execution of technique as well as power.

Bruce was more then just a great martial artist and strategist he was also very introspective as well as philosophical. One of his most famous quotes besides his classic noise during fights is "You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can Crash. Become like water my friend." I believe there is a lot of truth to this in more ways then one. For the soft  essence of water can eventually overcome the hard exterior of rock and render it rubble. If you are static in life and cling to everything solidifying like a rock when stress comes you are likely to crack in time. If you are going with the flow and accepting and adapting to the new then you cannot become stuck in old rigid patterns that lead to self destruction in time due to  stress. You cannot fight the ocean but you can most definately flow in the direction it is going.