What is meant by emotional content? The iconic scene in, “Enter The Dragon,’ is one that usually is not clearly understood by the layman. At the beginning of the movie, there is the scene of Bruce Lee and one of his pupils who he asks to kick and then afterwards an unsatisfied Bruce Lee remarks to his pupil, ‘What was that? An exhibition,’ then adding thereafter, ‘we need emotional content’. He then requests the pupil to perform the kick again, still not satisfied he says sternly, ‘I said emotional content, not anger!’
Eventually, the pupil kicks and Bruce Lee is then satisfied, smiling and happy with his student, he asks, ‘How did it feel to you?’ The student responds with, ‘let me think’ seeing that the student did not yet understand, Bruce hits his head and says, ‘Do not think, fe-e-el…it’s like a finger pointing away to the moon,’ after saying that when the student looks at the finger, Bruce hits him again, because the student has not yet grasped the essence of his teachings. “Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss that heavenly glory, do you understand?’ The student nods as he beams at Bruce Lee and then proceeds to bow with his eyes looking to the ground and his hit again, this time Bruce Lee points out that one must always keep their eyes on their opponent.
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