| The idea for the “Tao of Jeet Kune Do” came | | | | Bruce was somewhat hesitant to get a book published |
| about in 1970. Bruce Lee had injured his back and was | | | | because he did not want his info used as a how-to |
| instructed by doctors to refrain from any exercise and | | | | book but more like conveying his way of thinking. |
| lay on his back for six months so he could recover. I | | | | It was Bruces Lee’s thought to publish his book in |
| could only imagine how Bruce must have hated this in | | | | 1971 using all these notes that he had accumulated. But |
| light of his constant workouts and training that he loved | | | | his film making and the other projects he was involved |
| so much. | | | | in prevented him from completing it. |
| It was during this time when he could only lie down, | | | | It was in 1975 that Bruce’s widow Linda went on to |
| that he started to put his ideas and thoughts about his | | | | complete what Bruce had began and hired some |
| martial art style Jeet Kune Do on paper. These notes | | | | editors to complete the book. They took all of Bruce |
| that he compiled while recovering were intended to be | | | | Lee’s notes and put them into a logical sequence. |
| put together in a book at some point. Bruce Lee also | | | | The editors also used Linda and many of his former |
| had collected a lot of notes that he kept from his | | | | students to help them understand Bruce and Jeet |
| training, research and philosophy for his Jeet Kun Do. | | | | Kune Do well enough to put together this book. |