Showing posts with label Project DJKD. Show all posts
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Deconstructing Bruce Lee - The Library



If Bruce Lee was still alive, he would've turned 75 today. I've a project to deconstruct Bruce Lee. It's said he had over 2,000 books in his Library. Here is a list of 390 of them compiled by James Bishop from his book, "Dynamic Becoming".





Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing and How It Works Scientifically - Felix Mann
Advanced Karate - Mas Oyama
Affair of the Heart, An - Adele Davis
Age of Reason, The - Stuart Hampshire
Aikido - Kisshamaru Ueshiba
Aikido: The Art of Self Defense - K. Tohei
Amazing Results of Positive Thinking, The - Norman Vincent Peale
Analects of Confucius, The - Confucius (translated by Arthur Waley)
Application of Measurement to Health and Physical Education - H.H. Clarke
Arms for Living - Gene Tunney
Art of Keeping Fit, The - Editors of Esquire Magazine
Art of War, The - Sun Tzu
Art of Worldly Wisdom, The - Baltasar Gracian
As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
At the Feet of the Master - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Athlete In The Making, The - Jesse Feiring Williams, M.D., and Eugene White Nixon
Atlas of Man - William H. Sheldon, C. Wesley Dupertius and Eugene McDermott
Be Fit For Life - Kaare Rohdal, M.D.
Beginner's Book of Gymnastics, A - Barry Johnson
Beneath The Wheel - Herman Hesse
Better Boxing - LaFond and MenendezÓ
Body and Mind in Harmony: Tai Chi Chuan-An Ancient Chinese Way of Exercise to Achi - Sophia Delza
Bodybuilding: The Official Training Textbook of the British Amateur Weightlifting - John Barrs
Bokuden Ikun Sho - Tsukahara Budoken
Book of Fencing, The - Kass
Book of Five Rings, The - Miyamoto Musashi
Book of Tao translation, The - F.J. MacHovec
Book, The - Alan Watts
Boxing - Edwin L. Haislet
British Boxing - Denzil Batchelor
Bud Wilkinson's Guide to Modern Physical Fitness - Bud Wilkinson
Buddhism - Christmas Humphreys
Building Our Own Rainbows - Harry and Joan Mier
Bushido: The Soul of the Samurai - Nitobe Inazo
C. G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Record of Two Friendships - Miguel Serrano
Candles In the Sun - Emily Lutyens
Canon of Judo - Kyuzo Mifune
Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense - Jack Dempsey
Championship Judo - Trevor Leggett and K. Watanabe
Change: Eight Lectures on the I'Ching - Hellmut Wilhelm
Change: Eight Lectures on the I'Ching - James Legge
Chinese Classics: Book of Documents translated - James Legge
Chinese Classics: Book of Odes translated - James Legge
Chinese Classics: I Ching translated - James Legge
Chinese Classics: Record of Rites translated - James Legge
Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense - Bruce Lee
Chinese Philosophy in Classical Times translated and edited - E.R. Hughes
Chuang Tzu - Chuang Tzu
Chung Yung, The, or the Centre, the Common - Herbert Giles, translated Leonard A. Lyall
Civilization of China, The - Carl Rogers
Client-Centered Therapy - Chauang Tzu
Combat Training of the Individual Soldier and Patrolling published - US Department of the Army
Come Away - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Commentaries on Living: First Series - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Commentaries on Living: Second Series - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Commentaries on Living: Third Series - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Commentaries on Zen - D.T. Suzuki
Complete Amateur Boxer, The - Bohun Lynch
Complete Kano of Jujitsu, The - Hancock H. Irving and Katsukona Higashi
Complete Physique Book, The - David Webster
Concentration: A Guide to Mental Mastery - Mouni Sadhu
Conjectures and Refutations - Karl Jaspers
Contest Judo - Charles Yerkow
Controlled Exercise for Physical Fitness - J.R. Peebler
Creative Selling - Charles Lohse
Crisis in Consciousness: Commentaries on Love, Life and Death and Other Matters b - Robert Powell
Discourse on the Method - Rene Descartes
Dynamic Aikido - Gozo Shioda
Dynamic Judo: Grappling Techniques - Kazuzo Kudo
Dynamic Judo: Throwing Techniques - Kazuzo Kudo
Dynamic Self-Defense - Sam H. Alred
Dynamic Thinking - Melvin Powers
Education and the Significance of Life - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Efficiency of Human Movement - Marion Ruth Broer
Elements of Style - Strunk and White
Encyclopedia Britannica - Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica
English Grammar and Composition (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Enthusiasm Makes the Difference - Norman Vincent Peale
Essence of Buddhism, The - P. Lakshmi Narasu
Essential Karate - Mas Oyama
Ethics - Baruch Spinoza
Faith is the Answer - Norman Vincent Peale
Fencing - Hugo and James Castello
Fencing - Muriel Bower and Torao Mori
Fencing With the Electric Foil - Roger Crossnier
Fencing With the Epee - Roger Crossnier
Fencing With the Sabre: Instruction and Technique - Roger Crossnier
Fighting and Boxing (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Fighting Man, The - Jack Coggins
Figure Improvement and Body Conditioning Through Exercise - Earl Wallis and Gene
Fireside Book of Boxing, The - W.C. Heinz
First and Last Freedom, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Fit All the Way - Camp
Flight of the Eagle, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom from the Known - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Fun in the Water (Author Unknown) - Author Unknown
Functional Isometric Contraction - Bob Hoffman
Fundamental Training on Martial Arts - Tsai Lung-Yun
Gentleman's Art of Self-Defense - Author Unknown
Genuine Tai Chi: Lee's Modified Tai Chi for Health - Lee Ying Arn
Gestalt Therapy Now - Joen Fagan and Irma L. Shepherd
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim - Fritz Perls
Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality - Frederick Perls MD
Get Fit: The Champion's Way - Brian Corrigan and Alan R. Morton
Gold Orchid, A: The Love Poems of Tzu Yeh - Tzu Yeh
Good English: How to Speak and Write It - Author Unknown
Gorgias - Plato
Gray's Anatomy - Henry Gray
Great Philosophers, The - Karl Jaspers
Greek Temples, Theaters and Shrines - H. Berve, etc. al.
Green Berets, The - Robin Moore
Grow Rich While You Sleep - Ben Sweetland
Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind - Napoleon Hill
Guide to Confident Living, A - Norman Vincent Peale
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Hand is My Sword, The - Robert A. Trias
Handbook of Judo, The - Gene LeBell and L.C. Coughran
Handbook of Progressive Gymnastics - Tom DeCarlo
Handbook of Proverbs - Henry George Bohn
Happiness Begins Before Breakfast - Harry and Joan Mier
Help For Your Aching Back! - Harvey Kopell, M.D.
Helping Yourself With Self-Hypnosis - Frank S. Caprio and Joseph R. Berger
Hero With a Thousand Faces, The - Joseph Campbell
Historical Aspect of the Study of Human Constitutional Types, The - Wilbur Marion Krogman
History of Chinese Philosophy, A - Fun-Yu Lan
Holy Bible - God
Honor Blackman's Book of Self-Defense - Honor Blackman with Joe and Doug Robinson
How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling - Frank Bettger
How to Box - Joe Louis (two copies)
How to Make Movies - Robert Ferguson
How to Relax: Scientific Body Control - William H. Miller
I Can: The Key to Life's Golden Secrets - Ben Sweetland
I Ching translation - Richard Wilhelm
I Will - Ben Sweetland
I'Ching or Book of Changes translation - Carry F. Baynes and R. Wilhelm
If The Shoe Fits - Harry and Joan Mier
If the War Goes On: Reflections On War and Politics - Hermann Hesse
Illustrated Guide to the Takedown in Wrestling - Robert L. Brown and Thomas E. Ro
Illustrated History of the Olympics, An - Richard Schaap
Immortal Friend, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Impossible Question, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Mind, The: Essentials of Indian Philosophy and Culture - Charles A. Moore
Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, An - David Hume
Instructions to Young Boxers (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Integral Yoga Hatha - Swami Satchidananda
Introduction to Logic - Irving M. Copi
Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas edited - Anton C. Pegis
Introduction to Zen Bhuddism, An - D.T. Suzuki
Introduction to Zen Training - Omori Sogen
Ironman Magazine (quantity unknown, but he was a subscriber) - Peary Rader
Islam (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Isometric and Isotonic Exercises (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Jesus and Krishnamurti: Their Lives and Teachings - Harriet Tuttle Bartlett
Jiu Jitsu - Frederick Paul Lowell
Journey to the East - Herman Hesse
Judo - Eric Dominy
Judo - Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Judo - Wolfgang Hofmann
Judo Combination Techniques - Teizo Kawamura
Judo for the West - G.R. GleesonÓ
Judo For Young Men - Donn Draeger, and Tadao Otaki
Judo On the Ground: the Oda (9th Dan) Method Katamawaza - E. J. Harrison
Judo Throws and Counters - Eric Dominy
Judo Training Methods: A Sourcebook - Donn Draeger, and Takahiko Ishikawa
Karate Basics (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Karate-Do: Nyumon - Gichin Funakoshi
Karate: The Art of Empty Hand Fighting - Hidetaka Nishiyama and Richard C. Brown
Kenpo Karate: Law of the Fist - Ed Parker
Key to Judo, The - Chikashi Nakanishi
Key to Nutrition, The - Carlson Wade
Kill Or Get Killed - Col. Rex Applegate
"Language, Truth and Logic - A.J. Ayers
Let's Cook It Right - Adele Davis
Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit - Adele Davis
Lets Get Well - Adele Davis
Life Ahead - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Life in Freedom - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Living Issues in Philosophy - Harold Titus
Living Zen - Robert Linssen
Logic of Preference, The - G.H. Von Wright
Magic of Personality Power, The: Your Guide to Business and Social Success - Gyula
Magic of Thinking Big, The - David J. Schwartz
Magic Power of Self-Image Psychology, The: The New Way to a Bright, Full Life - Maxwell Maltz
Man Must Fight, A - Gene Tunney
Man: A Constitutional Investigation - William A. Tucker and William A. Lessa
Mas Oyama's Karate: As Practiced in Japan - Bobby Lowe
Master Key To Riches, The - Napoleon Hill
Masterpieces of World Philosophy - L. Frank N. Magill
Matter of Zen, The: A Brief Account of Zazen - P. Wienphahl
Maxims and Reflections - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Mechanics of Atheletics, The - Geoffrey H.G. Dyson
Medical Implications of Karate Blows, The - Brian C. Adams
Meditations - Rene Descartes
Mencius - Leonard A. Lyall
Method of Zen, The - Eugen Herrigel
Modem Weight Training - Oscar Heidenstam
Modern Kung-Fu Karate: Iron, Poison Hand Training - James Yimm Lee
More Playboy's Party Jokes - Editors of Playboy Magazine
Muir's Thesaurus of Truths - Leo J. Muir
Muscles of the Body and How to Develop Them, The - Athletic Publications
Muscular Arms and Shoulders - Harry B. Paschall
Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzu - Chuang Tzu
My Study of Judo - G. Koizumi
Mystic Path To Cosmic Power, The - Vernon Howard
Myths To Live - Joseph Campbell
Naval Aviation Physical Training Manual, The (1943) - US Department of the Navy
New Art of Living, The - Norman Vincent Peale
New Dimensions of Yoga - Yogi Raushan Nath
NFL Guide to Physical Fitness, The (1965) - NFL
Noble and Manly: The History of the National Sporting Club - Guy Deghy
Notes to Myself - Hugh Prather
Odes of Confucius, The - Kramer Byna
On Becoming a Person - Carl Rogers
On Fencing - Nadi Aldo
On Sudden Illumination - Master Hui Hai
Only Revolution, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Other Side of the Mind, The - Clement Stone
Overload Circuit Training - John E. Nulton
Pa Kua: Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense - Robert W. Smith
Passionate State of Mind, A - Eric Hoffer
Peng Pu Chuan (author and exact title unknown) - Author Unknown
Philosophers of China, The - Clarence Burton Day
Philosophical Works edited - J.M.Robertson
Philosophy - Bertrand Russell
Physical Activity in Modern Living - Wayne Van Huss, John Friedrich, Robert Mayberry et al.
Physical Combat (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Physical Conditioning Exercises for Sports and Healthful Living - George T. Staff
Physical Culture (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Physical Fitness and Dynamic Health - Thomas Kirk Cureton, Jr.
Physiology of Exercise - Laurence E. Morehouse and Augustus Miller
Pictorial History of Boxing, A - Sam Andre and Nat Fleischer
Pictorial History of Philosophy - Dagobert Runes
Platform Sutra - Eno Daikan Zenji
Playboy Magazine (reportedly four boxes worth) - Hugh Hefner
Playboy's Party Jokes - Editors of Playboy Magazine
Poems That Live Forever, compiled by Hazel Feldman
Power in Athletics - Glenn Clark
Power of Positive Thinking, The - Norman Vincent Peale
Practical Combat (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Practical Karate Book Four: Defense Against Armed Assailants - Donn F. Drager, Masatoshi Nakayama
Practical Karate Book One: Fundamentals - Donn F. Draeger, Masatoshi Nakayama
Practical Karate Book Three: Defense Against Multiple Assailants - Donn F. Drager, Masatoshi Nakayama
Practical Karate Book Two: Against the Unarmed Assailant Donn F. Draeger, Masatoshi Nakayama
Practice of Zen, The - Chang Chen Chi
Prophet, The - Kahlil Gibran
Psycho-Cybernetics - Maxwell Maltz
Psycho-Yoga: The Practice of Mind Control - B. Edwin, Dr.
Psychotherapy East and West - Alan Watts
Pure and Applied Gymnastics - Albert D. Munrow
Range of Philosophy, The - Harold Titus and Maylon Hepp
Rational Limbering - Zelia Raye
Recognition of Reason, The - Edward Pols
Red Badge of Courage, The - Stephen Crane
Reference Book of Gymnastics Training for Boys - The Board of Education (British)
Relationship of Extreme Somatypes to Performance in Motor and Strength Tests, The - Frank D. Sills Research Quarterly
Right and Left Hand Fencing - L.F. Terrone
Ring Magazine (quantity unknown, but he was a subscriber) - Max Fleischer
Rocky Marciano's Best of Boxing and Bodybuilding - Rocky Marciano
Roget's Thesaurus - Roget
Rosshalde - Herman Hesse
Samurai Sword: A Handbook, The - John M. Yumoto
Sayings of Chuang Tzu, The - Chuang Tzu
Scientific Basis of Athlete Training - Laurence E. Morehouse, Ph.D. and Philip J Rasch
Screwtape Letters, The - C. S. Lewis
Search, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Secret Fighting Arts of the World - John Gilbey
Secret of the Golden Flower - Tung-Pin Leu
Secrets of Chinese Karate - Ed Parker and James Woo
Secrets of Judo: A Text for Instructors and Students - Jiichi Watanabe and Lindy
Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing - Robert W. Smith
Selected Verse - Johann Wolfgang Goethe, translated by David Luke
Self Defense or the Art of Boxing (9th Edition) - Professor Ned Donnelly
Selling Water by the River: A Manual of Zen Training - Jiyu Kennett
Sense and Sensitivity in Gymnastics - Allen
Shin Buddhism - D.T. Suzuki
Shorinji Kempo: Philosophy and Techniques - Doshin So
Short History of Chinese Philosophy, A: A Systematic Account of Chinese Thought - Fun-Yu Lan
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Sign of the Times - Thomas Carlyle
Slimnastics - Pamela Nottidge
Song of Life, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Source Book In Ancient Philosophy, A - Charles. M. Blakewell
Source Book In Chinese Philosophy, A - Wing-Tsit Chan
Spirit of Chinese Philosophy, The - Fung Yu-Lan
Spirit of Zen, The - Alan Watts
Sport of Judo, The - Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Harold E. Sharp
Sports Illustrated Book of Fencing - Sports Illustrated
Standing Judo: The Combinations and Counterattacks - Mikonosuke Kawaishi
Status Seekers, The - Vance Packard
Story of Civilization, The Volume I: Our Oriental Heritage - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume II: The Life of Greece - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume III: Caesar and Christ - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume IV: The Age of Faith - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume IX: The Age of Voltaire - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume V: The Renaissance - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume VI: The Reformation - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume VII: The Age of Reason Begins - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume VIII: The Age of Louis XIV - Will Durant
Story of Civilization, The Volume X: Rousseau and Revolution - Will Durant
Story of Oriental Philosophy, The - L. Adam Beck
Story of Philosophy, The - Will Durant
Strength and How to Obtain It - Eugen Sandow
Succeed and Grow Rich Through Persuasion - Napoleon Hill
Success System That Never Fails, The - Clement Stone
Success Through a Positive Attitude - W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude - Clement Stone
Successful Wrestling: Its Bases and Problems - Arnold William Umbach
Summa Theologica - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Tai Chi Chuan and I Ching - Da Liu
Tai Chi for Health - Edward Maisel
Tai Chi: The Supreme Ultimate Exercise for Health, Sport and Self-Defense - Chen-Man Ching and Robert W. Smith
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Tao, the Great Luminant - Lao Tzu, translation by Evan Morgan
Taoist Notebook, A - Edward Herbert
Teach Yourself Logic - A.A. Luce
Technique of Film Making, The - Author Unknown
Techniques of Aikido - Thomas H. Makiyama
Textbook of Ju-Jitsu As Practiced in Japan, The - Sada Kazu Uyenishi
Textbook of Yoga Psychology, The - Ranamurti S. Mishra, M.D.
Texts of Taoism, The - James Legge
The Chinese Classics: Spring and Autumn Annals translated - James Legge
The Koran - God
Theory and Practice of Fencing - Julio Martinez Castello
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
Think On These Things - Jiddu Krishnamurti
This Is It - Alan Watts
This Is Karate - Mas Oyama
This Is Kendo - Junzo Sasamori and Gordon Warner
This Matter of Culture - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Tibetan Book of The Dead, The - Author Unknown
Tibetan Yoga - Bernard Bromage
Training for Great Strength: An Introduction to the Science of Strength and BodyBuilding - Chas T. Trevor
Translations From The Chinese - Arthur Waley
Translations From The Chinese - Lin Yu-Tang
True Believer, The - Eric Hoffer
U.S. Army Boxing Manual - United States Army
U.S. Navy Boxing Manual - United States Navy
Undiscovered Self, The - Carl Jung
Unfettered Mind : Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master, The - Takuan Soho
Urgency of Change, The - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Varieties of Human Physique, The - W.H. Sheldon, S.S. Stevens and W.B. Tucker
Viking Book of Aphorisms, The - W.H. Auden
Wake Up Your Mind - Alex Osborn
Walk On! - Christmas Humphreys
War Without Weapons - Philip Goodhart
Way of Action, The - Christmas Humphreys
Way of Chinese Painting, The: It's Ideas and Techniques - Mai-Mai Sze
Way of Chuang Tzu, The - Thomas Merton
Way of Karate, The: Beyond Technique - George E. Mattson
Way of Life, The (Tao Te Ching) - Lao Tzu, translated by R.B. Blakney
Way of Zen, The - Alan Watts
Weight Training for Athletics - Oscar State
Weightlifting - Tackle
Weightlifting and Weight Training - George Kirkley
What Is Karate - Mas Oyama
What the Buddha Taught - Walpola Rahula
Wing Chun - James Lee
Winning Personal Recognition - Charles B. Roth
Wisdom of China and India, The - Lin Yu-Tang
Wisdom of Confucius, The - Epiphanius Wilson
Wisdom of Lao-Tse, The - Lin Yu-Tang
Wisdom of the Chinese, The - Brian Brown
Wisdom of the West - Bertrand Russell
Works of Mencius, The - James Legge
Works of Plato, The - Plato
Works of Shakespeare, The - William Shakespeare
Works of Socrates, The - Socrates
World of Literature, The - Author Unknown
World of Philosophy, The - Author Unknown
World of Zen, The - Nancy Ross
World's Religions, The - Huston Smith
Yoga Practice - Author Unknown
Yogic Exercises (author unknown) - Author Unknown
You Are the World - Jiddu Krishnamurti
You Can Learn to Speak - Royal L. Garff
You Too Can Work Wonders - Harry and Joan Mier
Your Personal Handbook of Self Defense - Gene LeBell and L. C. Coughran
Yourself and Zen (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Zen and American Thought - Van Meter Ames
Zen and Japanese Culture - D.T. Suzuki
Zen and Reality - Robert Powell
Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis - D. T. Suzuki (Daisetz)
Zen Comes West - Christmas Humphreys
Zen Dictionary - Ernest Wood
Zen for the West - Sohaka Kogata
Zen in the Art of Archery - Eugen Herrigel
Zen Teaching of Huang Po, The: On the Transmission of the Mind - John Blofeld
Zen, Taoism and Oriental Philosophy (author unknown) - Author Unknown
Zen: A Way of Life - Christmas Humphreys
Zen: Poems, Prayers, Sermons, Anecdotes, Interviews - edited by Lucien Stryk





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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Project DJKD - Deconstruction of the Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The story behind Bruce Lee's Tao of Jeet Kune Do (ToJKD) as I recall is as follows:

The book that was published was just Bruce Lee's notes for himself. It was never meant to be published. After his death, Dan Inosanto and Gil Johnson went through the notes and organized it somewhat and the result was what was published. It is well-known that Bruce Lee had an extensive library on a wide variety of subjects such as self-defense, physical culture, martial arts styles, philosophy, etc. Some of the illustrations which made it to the ToJKD were supposedly drawings traced from various books onto tracing paper. Edwin Haislet's Boxing formed the bulk of the ToJKD.

A few years ago, I was emailing with a friend who is an experienced martial artist, in addition to being an instructor, author and researcher. We were discussing the out-of-print book Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting, IIRC. He mentioned that the ToJKD had parts of Dempsey's book. He then mentioned in passing that he deconstructed the whole ToJKD. That planted the seed in me that one day, although I don't have the resources that my friend has available to me, I would deconstruct the ToJKD to the best of my ability.

Fast forward to today, well, the decision to finally start this project and there you have it, one project that will be underway.

I am undecided if I will post entries here or make a separate blog of it. Thinking that the organization of it will probably be page by page with the ToJKD entry and the original source right underneath it. I will post future entries under the Label of Project DJKD. Wish me luck!

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