.dsy:it. ~ Terrytop's journal ~ JKD |
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Three swordsmen sat down at a table in a crowded Japanese inn and began to make loud comments about their neighbour, hoping to goad him into a duel. The master seemed to take no notice of them, but when their remarks became ruder and more pointed, he raised his chopsticks and, in quick snips, effortlessly caught four flies on the wing. As he slowly laid down the chopsticks, the three swordsmen hurriedly left the room.
This story illustrates a great difference between Oriental and Western thinking. The average Westerner would be intrigued by someone's ability to catch flies with chopsticks, and would probably say that has nothing to do with how good he is in combat. But the Oriental would realize that a man who has attained such complete mastery of an art reveals his presence of mind in every action. The state of wholeness and imperturbability demonstrated by the master indicated his mastery of self.
foreword of the script by Bruce Lee about Jeet Kune Do |
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Commento di REQUIEM |
06-10-2005 23:40 |
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JKD per sempre... Mi ha davvero cambiato la vita :) |
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Commento di Jorda |
06-10-2005 23:40 |
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:lode: alla superiorità dell'Oriente. |
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Commento di REQUIEM |
06-10-2005 23:40 |
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Non esageriamo ;) |
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Commento di Terrytop |
06-10-2005 23:40 |
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anche perche', alla luce anche del breve estratto che ho citato, parlare di superiorita' orientale e' un concetto decisamente occidentale ;)
personalmente le ritengo due realta' molto diverse e come ogni diversita' credo abbiano lati negativi e lati positivi, anche se gia' questo discorso e' totalmente soggettivo |
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