| "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do" isn't really a martial arts instruction book like the ones that exist for so many other styles. Rather, it is an explanation behind the thinking of Jeet Kune Do. At the very least, it is enjoyable.
I think that forms, pretty much, are just ways of formalizing the set of movements for a style. Instead of an instructor handing you a long series of techniques, the forms are supposed to give you the building blocks to make you own techniques and combinations. Lee's point (which has been echoed again and again) is the forms don't do this with the way they are presented. On that point I agree. HOWEVER, I would point out that no matter how much form practice a martial artist does, good martial artists do well with forms. This is probably why people with MA experience advance quickly while taking a new style. |