The Art of Expressing the Human Body

[Cactus Jack]

All types of knowledge ultimately leads to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are coming in and asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, bet it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
-Bruce Lee

Just a quote I wanted on Sciforums now that I've begun studying Lee's Philosophy and training. He was incredible.

Anyway the point of this thread is who's body do you think is I suppose you could say the "greatest" (not in sexual sense but in terms of sheer human perfection in muscles, speed, endurance, flexability, look.) I have to say Bruce Lee.

 

[Lesion42]

I don't know. I bet there are a lot of Shaolin Monks who could kick his butt. They devote their lives to that stuff. But as a publicized idividual, I agree fully.

 

[Xenu]

A lot of what I've been reading in Gestalt Therapy deals with this. A lot of our emotions and even our rational decisions come unknowingly from our body states.

So maybe for me, Fritz Perls???

 

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Lesion42
I don't know. I bet there are a lot of Shaolin Monks who could kick his butt. They devote their lives to that stuff. But as a publicized idividual, I agree fully.

I doubt that seriously, though I agree Shaolin fighting arts are incredible they have spent their life for one art form. Bruce Lee studied all he could and trained more than I feel any man on te planet, I doubt they would win. Besides, he was so damn fast.

 

[Xenu]

err am I hallucinating... hmm I thought you were asking who was most in tune with their body and could express themselves fully (not neccessarily in martial arts), and that's how the shaolin monk statement made sense to me. But now I look at it again and see "in terms of sheer human perfection in muscles, speed, endurance, flexability" and trying to figure out what's going on. Did you change your post at all Cactus?