Tao Of Jeet Kune Do By Bruce Lee & Aikido: The Way Of Harmony By John Stevens
Item History & Price
Offered for sale: (1) Lee, Bruce, Tao Of Jeet Kune Do, 1994 36th prt of the 1975 original edition, Santa Clarita, CA: Ohara Publications, Inc., a Poor but usable large, trade-size, card cover copy (see "Condition Description" section for full details), 208 pp., this book is illustrated with black and white drawings, at the time this book was published (1994) there had already been thirty-five printings that had preceded it, and most likely there have been several printings ...since this one, this is an obvious testament not only to the popularity of Bruce Lee but to the degree of value that this volume seems to have with his followers, Lee covers among other topics: Zen, the facts of Jeet Kune Do, "the Formless Form", training, warming up, On-Guard Position, eight basic defense positions, some target areas, coordination, power, endurance, balance, vision awareness, attitude, timing, speed, good form, kicking, striking, grappling, footwork, evasiveness, attack and counter-attack, tactics, etc.; and (2) Stevens, John, under the direction of Shirata Rinjiro, Aikido: the Way Of Harmony, 1984 11th printing, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc., a Very Good large, trade-size card cover copy (see "Condition description" section for full details), 198 pp., this book is illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, "this definitive, profusely illustrated manual covers the essential elements of the philosophy and practice of Aikido, the Japanese martial art that has been embraced by modern psychology and many Western bodywork therapies."
