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BRUCE LEE Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus Pin Ultra Rare!
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BRUCE LEE JUN FAN JEET KUNE DO NUCLEUS PINThe elements of the JFJKD Nucleus symbol:
Bruce Lee added two arrows around the Tai Chi circle to further emphasize that the JKD fighting techniques must contain the harmonious interplay of Yin (pliable, yielding) and Yang (firm, assertiveness) energies." It is to emphasize the continuous, unceasing interplay between the two forces of the universe: Yin and Yang.
The Chinese phrases surrounding the symbol are: "Using No Way as Way" and "Having No Limitation as Limitation," pronounced "Yee Mo Faat Way Yao Faat" and "Yee Mo Haan Way Yao Haan" respectively.
The symbol in the bottom left square is Bruce Lee's personal "chop," which comes from a traditional Chinese seal. Chops have been used in China for more than thirty centuries to stamp documents and works of art with a signature or seal of authority. Reading from right to left and top to bottom, the meaning of the Chinese characters is "Lee Jun Fan Meng." Meng simply means name. Hence, "By the Name of Jun Fan Lee."
The character in the bottom right square is Bruce Lee's personal signature in Chinese, an artistic rendition of the Chinese character "dragon," pronounced "loong" in Chinese. Bruce Lee had been nicknamed "the little dragon" since childhood as he had been born in the year of the dragon.
The use of the three elements explained above is to symbolize that Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do is Bruce Lee's personal art as signified with his personal stamp and signature. Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do is Bruce Lee's personal growth in the martial arts, not anyone else's personal growth. This is the founder's art.
The elements are organized in the form of a chop. It is the official seal of JFJKD, the organization dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Bruce Lee's entire body of work. Furthermore, the squarish look of the symbol connotes that this is the foundational building blocks of the art, a structure to be built upon for personal growth. Nevertheless, this foundation is maintained from generation to generation.
The chop and loong signature are positioned on the bottom to symbolize that this art is built upon Bruce Lee's legacy. Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do is dependent on Bruce Lee and his growth in the martial arts. Without Bruce Lee, this art would collapse as it would have no foundation.
The order of the chop to the loong signature is to symbolize the transition of the more traditional forms of martial arts to more personal forms of human expression, just as Bruce Lee went from a structured Wing Chun Gung Fu to a less structured Jun Fan Gung Fu to later develop the formless form, Jeet Kune Do. We are to utilize Bruce Lee's life as an inspiration to achieve our full potential in martial arts and life, in general. At the same time, the structure of JFJKD is maintained with the inspiration planted in each student to work towards personal liberation.
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