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    James DeMile
    • Sep 15, 2019
    • 8 min

    BRUCE LEE FILM SCRIPT TREATMENT

    Working title treatment BEFORE THE LEGEND “Bruce Lee stories missing link” By James W. DeMile My story is of an insecure lost soul, who...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    CHOP SUEY MARTIAL ARTS

    Bruce Lee would be very disappointed in the present state of martial arts. His vision was that students would evolve the art to higher...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    A PUNCH IS NOT JUST A PUNCH

    A PUNCH IS JUST A PUNCH...TO MOST STUDENTS.. THEY JUST CLOSE THEIR HAND INTO A FIST...AND START PUNCHING A BAG. TO HAVE A BETTER PUNCH...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    BRUCE'S FIGHTING ATTITUDE

    Bruce had a very specific attitude about a street fight...get it over as quickly as possible. He had what he called "the two second...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    BRUCE'S TRAINING THOUGHT

    There is no magic formula for training. I follow a structure I use for personal as well as for teaching students or instructors. This was...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    BRUCE LEE & MMA

    BRUCE IS RECOGNIZED AS THE FATHER OF MMA...AND I FULLY AGREE WITH THAT TITLE...SINCE I WAS THERE AND SAW..... THE BEGINNING OF THE MMA....
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    BRUCE LEE - FITTEST WARRIOR

    BRUCE LEE...THE FITTEST WARRIOR BRUCE, WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED IN AMERICA..HAD POOR TRAINING HABITS AND ATE WHATEVER HE WANTED....HE WAS...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    BRUCE LEE HAD A DREAM

    Bruce Lee had a dream Ever since his experience of being a child actor in Hong Kong, and appearing in 17 movies, Bruce dreamed of...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    WHY IS THE WORD "DISPLACEMENT" IMPORTANT

    Question of the word “displacement” in my recent post. I like key words that help clarify sources of anger, frustration or free floating...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    BRAIN IS LIKE A COMPUTER

    The brain is like a sophisticated computer. You have the outer shell that protects the sensitive operational components, and the mind,...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    DEALING WITH DARKSIDE EMOTIONS

    Question was asked to expand on how I deal with dark emotions. Every event has a broad range of emotional reactions, from simple...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    REINCARNATION...REAL OR IMAGINED

    Reincarnation…Real or imagined An interesting aspect of getting older is the tendency to spend more time thinking about what you believe,...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    WHY AM I HERE???

    Why are we here? What is a truth? When is a fact a fact??? I exist, to me is a fact. When I look into a mirror and see myself, is not a...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    WHY ARE WE HERE????

    This was a question asked by a number of people over the last couple of years and I never answered it. How did I arrive at fact or...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pride vs ego

    A specific answer to some general questions. Pride versus Ego. A question generated from students interested in having a better...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 6 min

    MARRIAGE IS ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS

    Irene and I married over 47 years ago, at the edge of the volcano, on the big Island of Hawaii. Marriage is always a work in progress,...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    HINDSIGHT VS FORESIGHT

    When does Hindsight, become Foresight? Hindsight is like a coin, with the flip side being Foresight. You should be able to learn...
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    James DeMile
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    Quality of life

    For those interested in the quality of life I look at my eighties as entering a mid-life phase and a need to refocus to have the next...
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