Bruce Lee, Wu Wei, & The Art of Surgery
The greatest carver does the least cutting. lao tzu C an bruce lee teach you anything about surgery? That, like anything else, depends on the person being taught. Enter the Dragon, his last movie , opens with Lee having just pinned and tapped out his opponent. The scene changes. We find Lee in a monastery, on a lovely hill, branches swaying in the wind, birds singing in the background, all very zen, when Lee begins to wax philosophical Enter the Dragon was a cultural phenomenon. Released a few months after Lee’s untimely death, theaters were sold out everywhere. For many Westerners, it was their first introduction to Asian culture and philosophy, and for everyone it was the start of the martial arts phenomenon. Dojos opened everywhere. Kung fu movies became the routine at cinemas, and Lee became a household legend. But more than anything else, the movie was a vehicle for Lee’s philosophy on life and the martial arts. Lee ...