Table of Contents
In Pursuit of a Passion Linda Lee Cadwell 10
Preface John Little 12
Foreword Taky Kimura 15
Introduction Bruce Lee 19
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An Introduction to Chinese Gung Fu 21
On Yin and Yang 28
On Bridging the Gap of Yin and Yang 32
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The Fundamentals of Gung Fu 39
The ready stance 39
The centerline theory 41
The immovable-elbow theory 43
The four gates 44
The eight basic blocking positions (from by-jong) 46
Additional considerations on the fundamentals 48
The three fronts 49
Footwork 49
The Basic Striking Points of Gung Fu 53
Introducing the Wing Chun Straight Punch 59
Blocking/Striking Techniques 66
Close-Range Gung Fu-The Sticking Hands Method of Wing Chun 72
Gung Fu Kicking Techniques 83
Self-Defense Considerations 88
The Practice of Forms-One of the Means to an End 97
A Gung fu Training Program 102
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The Tao of Gung Fu 116
On Wu-Hsin (No-Mindedness) 123
On Wu Wei (Nondoing) 127
On Eastern and Western Hygiene 132
A Moment of Understanding 134
Centered Thoughts-Some Gung Fu Precepts 137
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Traditions and Histories of Chinese Gung Fu 150
A Discussion on Chinese Gung Fu 163
The Question of Psychic Center 169
My View on Gung Fu 170
What It All Adds Up To 172
Questions and Answers 174
In Conclusion 184
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I Bruce Lee's gung fu background at the time he wrote this book (c. 1959-1964) 186
II Gung fu terminology 188
III Letters and gung fu scrapbook 189
