Written by Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Edited by Lak Loi
When fighting, a correct posture does three things:
- It insures for the body and its several members a position which is most mechanically favourable for the next move,
- It enables one to maintain a ‘Poker Body,’ a body that reveals no more of its intended movements than a ‘Poker Face’ reveals of a card player, and
- It puts the body under that particular tension or degree of tonus which will be most favourable to quick reaction and high coordination.