CHAPTER 5

H2O

Bruce Lee is arguably the most famous martial artist in history. He spoke about his martial art form, Jeet Kune Do, as being water. Water can take the form of any shape it occupies. Bruce Lee states,

If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.1

Bruce Lee used water as a metaphor to explain that flowing with a situation allows for understanding, leading to solutions to overcome it. One of the most effective methods of removing gum out of clothes is to use more gum. The sticky property of gum attracts the gum in the clothes and pulls it away from the garment. The same ...

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