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Josh Reyer · 11-18-2009, 06:56 AM

The water analogy is pretty old. I've found reference to it in Shinkage-ryu as far back as the mid-1600s. I suspect Bruce got it from Chinese arts going back much further than that.

11-18-2009, 06:56 AM	#5
Josh Reyer Location: Aichi-ken, Nagoya-shi Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 646 Offline	Re: Extension of energy/Bruce Lee's water theory The water analogy is pretty old. I've found reference to it in Shinkage-ryu as far back as the mid-1600s. I suspect Bruce got it from Chinese arts going back much further than that.
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