Kwan – in (avalokitesvara), the goddess of mercy, is sometimes represented with one thousand arms, each holding a different instrument. Stick ability or stoppage is a problem that haunts every martial artist. However, when face to face with an opponent in a deadly contest, the mind tends to stick and loses it mobility.
In every day life the mind is capable of moving from one thought or object to another – “being” mind instead of “having” mind. After years of training, he hopes to achieve that vital loosening and equability of all powers which is what the three swordsmen saw in the master. He is aiming his kicks and blows at himself and when successful, may even succeed in knocking himself out. Manipulative skill is not Oriental’s goal. But the oriental believes that the primary function of such tools is revealed when they are self-distracted and destroy greed, fear, anger and folly. To the westerner the finger jabs, the side kicks, and the back fist, etc, are tools of destruction and violence which is, indeed, one of their functions. The state of wholeness and imperturbability demonstrated by the master indicated his mastery of self. But the oriental would realize that a man who has attained such complete mastery of an art reveals his presence of mind in every action. The average westerner would be intrigued by someone’s ability to catch flies with chopsticks, and would probably say that has nothing to do with how good he is in combat. The story illustrates a great difference between oriental and western thinking. As he slowly laid down the chopsticks, the three swordsmen hurriedly left the room. The master seemed to take no notice of them, but when their remarks became ruder and more pointed, he raised his chopsticks and, in quick snips, effortlessly caught four flies wings. Essay on Jeet Kune Do Bruce Lee 1 Three swordsmen sat down at a table in a crowded Japanese inn and began to make loud comments about their neighbor, hoping to goad him into a duel.
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