The Way of the Intercepting Fist

Episode aired Sep 16, 1971
48m

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8.0/10

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Bruce Lee and James Franciscus in The Way of the Intercepting Fist (1971)

Martial Arts Action Crime Drama

Mike Longstreet enlists the Teachings of martial arts expert Li Tsung in order to defend himself despite his blindness.Mike Longstreet enlists the Teachings of martial arts expert Li Tsung in order to defend himself despite his blindness.Mike Longstreet enlists the Teachings of martial arts expert Li Tsung in order to defend himself despite his blindness.

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Trivia
Writer/producer Stirling Silliphant was a student and personal friend of Bruce Lee, and he modeled the character Li Tsung - and indeed this entire episode - upon Lee and his style and philosophy of martial arts. All of Bruce Lee's philosophical dialogue in the show are direct quotes from his own interviews and writings; essentially Bruce Lee is seen here portraying himself.

Quotes
Li Tsung: [about Jeet Kune Do] Empty your mind, Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now if you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow, or creep or drip or crash. Be water my friend.