Comments on: The Difference Between Bruce and Jet (and Jackie) http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/ Asian American Intellectualism, Activism, and Literature Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce Lee Lives! | bigWOWO http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-13337 Bruce Lee Lives! | bigWOWO Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:02:08 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-13337 [...] Check out one of my old Bruce Lee posts here. [...] [...] Check out one of my old Bruce Lee posts here. [...]

]]> By: jaehwan http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2051 jaehwan Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:53:43 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2051 Holy shit! That's an absolutely awesome site! I'm putting that on the front page tomorrow. Thanks, Leon! B. Holy shit! That’s an absolutely awesome site! I’m putting that on the front page tomorrow. Thanks, Leon!

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]]> By: Leon http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2050 Leon Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:03:56 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2050 I don't know where else to post this link, but in case some of you are unaware: http://brucelee.com/ I don’t know where else to post this link, but in case some of you are unaware: http://brucelee.com/

]]> By: Alpha Asian http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2049 Alpha Asian Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:22:22 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2049 Don't argue with someone who is crazy. Over time, people won't be able to tell you apart. Don’t argue with someone who is crazy. Over time, people won’t be able to tell you apart.

]]> By: Yesterday Once More | big WOWO http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2048 Yesterday Once More | big WOWO Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:11:57 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2048 [...] you want to read something related to a previous discussion we had about Asian Americans and multicultural stories, see this clip from a [...] [...] you want to read something related to a previous discussion we had about Asian Americans and multicultural stories, see this clip from a [...]

]]> By: kobe http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2047 kobe Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:48:33 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2047 culture.... to be valid you learn seperate disciplines thoroughly and then become a master. Bruce Lee knew multiple disciplines of martial arts, he mastered multiple disciplines of martial arts, he developed Jeet Kune Do from multiple disciplines of martial arts. the whole movement of MMA was based on this idea. But only Bruce Lee truely understood it. maybe Dukes? are you ready for the Kumate? culture is what we have, it is probably the thing that divides us most. maybe just calling ourselves asian americans and move toward calling each other yellow americans, the blacks do it, the white do it. wanna make power rangers a reality? culture…. to be valid you learn seperate disciplines thoroughly and then become a master.

Bruce Lee knew multiple disciplines of martial arts,
he mastered multiple disciplines of martial arts,
he developed Jeet Kune Do from multiple disciplines of martial arts.
the whole movement of MMA was based on this idea.
But only Bruce Lee truely understood it. maybe Dukes?

are you ready for the Kumate?

culture is what we have, it is probably the thing that divides us most. maybe just calling ourselves asian americans and move toward calling each other yellow americans, the blacks do it, the white do it. wanna make power rangers a reality?

]]> By: Ed Kahana http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2046 Ed Kahana Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:18:59 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2046 Yeah, I've trying to figure out what Kobe was saying, too. They almost sound like riddles. Perhaps you should follow the yellow brick road? Yeah, I’ve trying to figure out what Kobe was saying, too. They almost sound like riddles.

Perhaps you should follow the yellow brick road?

]]> By: mojorider http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2045 mojorider Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:52:42 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2045 Dude, man, you're wearing me out. I have no idea what you are talking about now. I was addressing the difference between the three men and said that what set Bruce apart was his journey of self discovery and the philosophy he developed about martial arts being a pathway to something spiritual. I tried to respond to what I thought were your points but then you bring up different subjects altogether. I have no idea where you got the idea of me advocating "marrying up" or behaving as if I'm "thinking like a girl" or even introducing the thought of dating dynamics into the discussion of these three artists. Somehow, we are not communicating our ideas clearly to one another. Dude, man, you’re wearing me out. I have no idea what you are talking about now. I was addressing the difference between the three men and said that what set Bruce apart was his journey of self discovery and the philosophy he developed about martial arts being a pathway to something spiritual. I tried to respond to what I thought were your points but then you bring up different subjects altogether.

I have no idea where you got the idea of me advocating “marrying up” or behaving as if I’m “thinking like a girl” or even introducing the thought of dating dynamics into the discussion of these three artists.
Somehow, we are not communicating our ideas clearly to one another.

]]> By: kobe http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2044 kobe Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:47:42 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2044 You think like a girl, are you a girl? you look like you just can pass all this stuff just by marrying UP. This is where females sell out, a whole different kind of digging. what can the guys do? Bruce lee was pretty much the only one that could pull off Jeet Kune Do; jackie, jet and bruce constantly practiced the martial arts; going back to basics and building up faster and stronger, because it was necessary; otherwise it would be lost anyway. Be fluent in your old world and be fluent in you new world, anything less would be an insult to what you are. There will be hundreds of people stupid enough to remind you every day. White people who just end up speaking only english, this is fine. no need to say he is french or germany, because what is the difference now? they have latin, do asians have latin? Do we have anything to bridge the gap in communication with asian groups in general? Its not like spanish to the hispanics, asians people need to order the deck, and not just stare at the mess that is shuffled. Do you know where you are supposed to be? Somewhere down the line, some religion nut will say God has a plan for you.... Blacks had near zero idea of who they were, but they tried to make the environment around them their very own, look at the evolution of music, dance, sports? language? Kwanzaa is a fantasy. You think like a girl, are you a girl? you look like you just can pass all this stuff just by marrying UP. This is where females sell out, a whole different kind of digging. what can the guys do?

Bruce lee was pretty much the only one that could pull off Jeet Kune Do;
jackie, jet and bruce constantly practiced the martial arts;
going back to basics and building up faster and stronger, because it was necessary; otherwise it would be lost anyway.

Be fluent in your old world and be fluent in you new world, anything less would be an insult to what you are. There will be hundreds of people stupid enough to remind you every day.

White people who just end up speaking only english, this is fine. no need to say he is french or germany, because what is the difference now? they have latin, do asians have latin? Do we have anything to bridge the gap in communication with asian groups in general?

Its not like spanish to the hispanics, asians people need to order the deck, and not just stare at the mess that is shuffled. Do you know where you are supposed to be? Somewhere down the line, some religion nut will say God has a plan for you….

Blacks had near zero idea of who they were, but they tried to make the environment around them their very own, look at the evolution of music, dance, sports? language? Kwanzaa is a fantasy.

]]> By: mojorider http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/06/the-difference-between-bruce-and-jet-and-jackie/#comment-2043 mojorider Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:02:49 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=2051#comment-2043 Ahhh, but just as Bruce had no fighting style, neither did he adhere to any religion or institution. He was free from any sort of Iman or Pope or cleric or lama. And in that sense, he was free to develop his own spiritual beliefs and truth and question things. Jet was probably taught in strict fashion the principles of Buddhism which is heavily controlled and monitored by the Chinese communists. Was Jet in a position to question his teachers at the monastery? Should Jet re-learn everything he knows? Should Jackie? I don't know if Bruce had any self-hatred. But he did unlearn what he learned and questioned the arts and eventually founded Jeet Kune Do. But do we as Asians always have to live by example or set examples? And yes, assimilation does cause one to lose something. That's true for white people as well---how many of them can speak the language of their grandparents or great grandparents? In the end, can't we as Asians just simply live and be? Bruce, while facing racism in Hollywood, found a way to live and be himself. I'm sure Jackie and Jet have experienced some forms of racism in Hollywood. Have they found their way to live and be in America? Ahhh, but just as Bruce had no fighting style, neither did he adhere to any religion or institution. He was free from any sort of Iman or Pope or cleric or lama. And in that sense, he was free to develop his own spiritual beliefs and truth and question things. Jet was probably taught in strict fashion the principles of Buddhism which is heavily controlled and monitored by the Chinese communists. Was Jet in a position to question his teachers at the monastery? Should Jet re-learn everything he knows? Should Jackie? I don’t know if Bruce had any self-hatred. But he did unlearn what he learned and questioned the arts and eventually founded Jeet Kune Do.

But do we as Asians always have to live by example or set examples? And yes, assimilation does cause one to lose something. That’s true for white people as well—how many of them can speak the language of their grandparents or great grandparents? In the end, can’t we as Asians just simply live and be? Bruce, while facing racism in Hollywood, found a way to live and be himself. I’m sure Jackie and Jet have experienced some forms of racism in Hollywood. Have they found their way to live and be in America?

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