李小龙本人给友人William写的信

李小龙的截拳道是不是中国武术的问题总是争论不休，李小龙本人在他给友人William的信件中直言对中国传统武术失去信心，包括咏春，他在创立一门新的格斗流派截拳道。

我翻译一段重要段落：

William, I've lost faith in the Chinese Classical arts -- though I still call mine Chinese -- because basically all styles are a product of land swimming, even the 詠春 Wing Chun school.

威廉，虽然我现在仍自称用的是中国武术，但是我已经对中国经典武术失去信心，因为大体上所有流派的中国武术都是陆地上游泳——假把式，甚至咏春也是如此。

So my line of training is more toward effiecient street fighting with everything goes, wearing head gear, gloves, chest guard, shin and knee guards, etc.

所以我的训练方向转向高效的街头格斗，全副武装，戴头盔、手套、护胸、护腿和护膝等等。

For the past five years now I've been training the hardest and for a purpose, not just dissipated hit- miss training. I'm running every day, sometimes up to six miles. I've named my style Jeet Kune

Do 截拳道-- (my) reason for my not sticking to Wing Chun (is) because I sincerely feel that this style has more to offer regarding EFFICIENCY.

过去五年来，我一直有目的地艰苦训练，而不是浪费时间做击打躲避练习。我现在每天跑步，有时跑6英里。我把我的流派称为截拳道，我之所以不再执着咏春是因为我真切地感受到截拳道更