When Bruce hurt his back, by trying to lift 125 lbs placed on his neck and then bending over...ouch..., he was forced to stay horizontal for long periods of time, he studied Krishnamurti and other notes. Bruce translated the Krishnamurti philosophy directly to his art he called JKD. In fact one wonders if J.K.D is not a subconscious recognition of the way (do) of Jiddu (J) Krishnamurti (K) hence JKD. Using no particular way as the only way is JKD.
JB
BA Philosophy, VA Tech class of 1973
Also what I have read
Feel the main point echoed through
Krishnamurti:
"You have now started by denying something absolutely false—the traditional approach—but if you deny it as a reaction, you will have created another pattern in which you will be trapped. If you tell yourself intellectually that this denial is a very good idea but do nothing about it, you cannot go any further.
If you deny it, however, because you understand the stupidity and immaturity of it—if you reject it with tremendous intelligence, because you are free and not frightened—you will create a great disturbance in yourself and around you, but you will step out of the trap of respectability. Then you will find that you are no longer seeking.
That is the first thing to learn—not to seek. When you seek, you are really only window shopping."
Bruce Lee was no longer "window shopping."
He knew through his own experience. In the process, he created a method of no-method, allowing others to find their own path and evolve—something not unique to JKD but echoed in many philosophies of being
For some, what Bruce achieved becomes yet another trap—one that he himself warned against. Without understanding the philosophical underpinnings and inner revelations, it is easy to misinterpret his true intent. JKD is not a system or a path to follow, but a means of freeing oneself from all limitations.