Bruce Lee, Innovator?

1962 edition of Sports Illustrated: Book of Fencing

The book states:

It is a constant rapid shifting of ground, seeking the slight closing of distance, which will greatly increase the chances of hitting the opponent.

In his 1975 book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Lee wrote:

...It is a constant, rapid shifting of ground, seeking the slightest closing which will greatly increase the chances of hitting the opponent.

TKDTutor: Since Lee was about 22 years of age in 1962 and unpublished, it is doubtful the Book of Fencing used any of his writings.

Yagyu Tajima no kami Munenori (1571-1646)

Over 300 years ago, Munenori , a Japanese swordsman, wrote:

...When this is realized, with all the training thrown to the winds, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own workings, with the self vanished nowhere anybody knows, the art of swordsmanship attains its perfection and one who has it is called a meijin.

In his 1975 book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Lee wrote:

With all the training thrown to the wind, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere, anybody knows where, the art of Jeet Kune Do attains its perfection.

TKDTutor: This part Lee's philosopy must have come from Munenori.