{"id":2763,"date":"2016-06-19T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?page_id=2763"},"modified":"2016-10-26T23:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:15:23","slug":"test-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?page_id=2763","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Lee: Beyond the Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BTL-Web-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2844 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BTL-Web-1.jpg\" alt=\"btl-web-1\" width=\"175\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>BRUCE LEE ONCE did two simple drawings of himself to illustrate the two sides of his life and work. In the first, he pictured himself as a square-jawed action hero, looking as he would at the height of his fame as the world\u2019s supreme martial arts movie star and most-recognized face on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>In the second, he pictured himself as a Taoist sage \u2014 a wise teacher.<\/p>\n<p>My best-selling biography <em>Fighting Spirit<\/em> tells the story of the \u2018first\u2019 Bruce Lee \u2014 his rise to stardom and his great achievements as a trailblazing martial artist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BTL-Web-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BTL-Web-2.jpg\" alt=\"btl-web-2\" width=\"175\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My new book \u2014 <em>Beyond the Limits<\/em> \u2014 reveals the \u2018second\u2019 Bruce Lee by using\u00a0 his own words to prove beyond doubt that he wasn\u2019t simply teaching a fighting method, or promoting his worldly ambitions, but presenting a revolutionary means of self-transformation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beyond the Limits<\/em> shows how Bruce Lee\u2019s teaching works on a very practical level \u2014 not only for martial artists, but for everyone \u2014 while offering us ways to fulfill our greatest potential.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BTL-FRONT-webpage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2847 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BTL-FRONT-webpage.jpg\" alt=\"btl-front-webpage\" width=\"250\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Lee taught in the language of his culture and tradition \u2013 Taoism. But he was also a modern man and didn\u2019t believe in tradition for its own sake \u2014 and so he often included ideas from the emerging science of quantum physics in his lessons and essays. Remarkably, he even anticipated some of the most exciting breakthroughs happening in biology today.<\/p>\n<p>This book really does go far beyond the limits of anything that\u2019s ever been presented on Bruce Lee\u2019s life and work. Packed full of inspiring new insights into what motivated his whole life, it explains his true legacy and greatness.<\/p>\n<p>You will see Bruce Lee in a whole new light.<\/p>\n<p>Available now from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1515118800\/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1477519632&amp;sr=1-10&amp;keywords=Bruce+Thomas\">Amazon UK<\/a> &#8230;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1515118800\/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1477519800&amp;sr=1-6&amp;keywords=Bruce+Thomas\">Amazon US<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUCE LEE ONCE did two simple drawings of himself to illustrate the two sides of his life and work. In the first, he pictured himself as a square-jawed action hero, looking as he would at the height of his fame as the world\u2019s supreme martial arts movie star and most-recognized face on the planet. In the second, he pictured himself as a Taoist sage \u2014 a wise teacher. My best-selling biography Fighting Spirit tells the story of the \u2018first\u2019 Bruce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?page_id=2763\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2861,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2763\/revisions\/2861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}