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Cain
26-Nov-2002, 09:25 PM
Anyone read this book? I'm thinking of buying it but I'd like your opinions on this book, what's it about exactly? Is it like a documentary? If you have read this book then please feel free to give your opinions on this book.
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YODA
26-Nov-2002, 09:33 PM
BUY THIS BOOK
Basically it consists of Bruce Lee's personal training dairies.
What he did day to day - martial arts training, weights, running etc etc...
Makes a very interesting read.
Be warned though - just 'cos Bruce did it doesn't make it right - or of value. Especially seeing how training methods & sports science has moved on since then.
I've got it and I think it's pretty good - well worth buying
Jay
Cain
27-Nov-2002, 08:03 AM
Hmm....thanx guys I am going for it :)
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Cain
27-Nov-2002, 08:04 AM
Originally posted by YODA
BUY THIS BOOK
Be warned though - just 'cos Bruce did it doesn't make it right - or of value. Especially seeing how training methods & sports science has moved on since then.
Yes Yoda you told me that before in my first post if I remember correctly :D
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big e
02-Dec-2002, 08:17 AM
i bought it over amazon bout last thursday paid
an extra i think it was £2.50 or £3.00 for next day delivery
an its still not been dispatched yet
Cain
02-Dec-2002, 08:23 AM
Biggy, wat did u pay for the book?
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big e
02-Dec-2002, 01:28 PM
Yo cain
to be exact:
Item(s) Subtotal: £13.99
Postage & Packing: £2.75
Total Before VAT: £16.74
VAT: £0.00
Grand Total: £16.74
hope it helped!
Cain
02-Dec-2002, 02:38 PM
Thanx Biggy, by the way is ur currency uk pound?
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big e
02-Dec-2002, 09:10 PM
Thanx Biggy, by the way is ur currency uk pound?
it sure is
big e
09-Dec-2002, 11:53 AM
ok my book arrived
ive not read it yet but scanned quite abit
seems interestin.
his trainin diary takes the p**s out of my 5 hours aweek trainin
not good
ah well
Cain
13-Dec-2002, 07:39 PM
Thanx big e by the way in my earlier days when I got my fighting method series I used to do the drills mentioned in the book while stopping to read it after each drill :D
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David
04-Sep-2003, 09:55 PM
It's been several months now, Cain: what do you think of the book?
I read it through and thought it was a joke; an over-ambitious and badly executed book that ends up unable to tell you the Magic Method that it spends so many pages describing!
However, if you forget what it's supposed to be and take it for what it is, then it's got some merit.
rgds,
David
PS Sorry for resurrecting so many dead threads but i do like books :)
Greg-VT
04-Sep-2003, 10:33 PM
Err.... are you reading the same book?
Cain
05-Sep-2003, 06:56 AM
I read it through and thought it was a joke; an over-ambitious and badly executed book that ends up unable to tell you the Magic Method that it spends so many pages describing!
erm....it's not supposed to be an "instruction" book y'know ;)
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David
05-Sep-2003, 08:57 AM
What it contains is OK for Brucey fans but definitely not what it intimates on the can. Sycophantic, sanctified and uber-hyped. Still, I'd rather have read it than not :) Glad you all like it, of course!
Rgds,
David
Sweeet
07-Sep-2003, 07:03 AM
Err... I have this book, can't say I've read the whole thing.
It's basically a detailed look at Bruce Lee's workouts, nutrition, ect. Less on the arts, more on his excercises and excercise rituals.
David
22-Oct-2003, 03:14 PM
It has no useful detail, whatsoever; more like pedantic anecdotes with no continuity. Occasionally, guesswork passes for continuity!
Rgds,
David
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