TEMPLE TRAINING

As the legendary Bruce Lee once said, his style could be described as "fighting without fighting." To me, martial arts—particularly Kung Fu—is as far removed from the notion of fighting as you can imagine. Check out this clip that my little brother and I created. It appears to depict real-life combat but is actually a deeper exploration of how movement, expression, emotions, and ideas can come together to form concepts of fighting in people's minds. Real fights rarely resemble this, and while it might inspire you to think fighting is cool, remember Bruce Lee's wisdom: fight without fighting. As Master Roshi said, "We don't practice martial arts to win fights. We do it to conquer ourselves."