There’s a quote my Dad told me, once, that he said he’d heard from Bruce Lee (not personally, of course), that I’m having trouble verifying.
Supposedly, someone asked Bruce if there was anything he was afraid of (fighting). He thought a second, and said “A man with a shotgun, standing thirty feet away.”
I can not find any reference to this, anywhere else. But it’s such a good line, I’d like to know if anyone else might have better luck at it, or at least find the real source. Can anyone help?
I’m pretty familiar with Bruce’s works, have read all of his books and probably seen every piece of footage from documentaries and interviews over the years, and I don’t recall that quote.
I’m curious though, so I’m subscribing to the thread…
I have heard this attributed to him, too!
I can’t comment on the OP - although I am curious about it now! - but I hope the OP doesn’t mind if I ask about the quote I have heard attributed to Bruce Lee that I am curious about. The one I have heard was along the lines of: “when I first got started with martial arts I thought a punch was just a punch and a kick was just a kick. Then when I became a black belt, I realized how complex each move truly was. But now that I am further along in my teachings, I realize that a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.”
Did he say anything like that? I use it sometimes to describe the progression from Simplicity to Complexity to Enlightened Simplicity - part of a never-ending cycle…
Yes, it’s a quote from The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, not that I used to be a martial arts geek or anything.
Never seen or heard the quote from the OP, though.
In fencing, we often point out that even the best Compound-Riposte is no match for a Smith and Wesson.
“You know what beats a black belt? A gun belt.”
–attributed to Whitey Bulger