I recently came across this article about Bruce Lee's contributions to MMA: https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/bru...023603202.html
I will leave it to the MMA practitioners to debate his contributions to their sport, but #3 got me thinking about how diametrically opposed in philosophy internal martial arts schools like ours are to modern perceptions of health and fitness.
Question for all to consider: How did the idea of muscular supremacy (endurance, strength, etc) become the gold standard for fitness, even combat efficiency? Is it because it is more obvious and easier to achieve (just hard work and rugged determination, as opposed to a more sensitive internal examination necessary for mastery of the internal arts)?
I will leave it to the MMA practitioners to debate his contributions to their sport, but #3 got me thinking about how diametrically opposed in philosophy internal martial arts schools like ours are to modern perceptions of health and fitness.
Question for all to consider: How did the idea of muscular supremacy (endurance, strength, etc) become the gold standard for fitness, even combat efficiency? Is it because it is more obvious and easier to achieve (just hard work and rugged determination, as opposed to a more sensitive internal examination necessary for mastery of the internal arts)?
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