bruce lee and his pot brownies

[practice]

okay, anything related to bruce lee is related to street fighter, so here goes. any fei long players reading this, please definitely contribute to this thread.

it's widely known that bruce lee ingested pot brownies. also, shortly before he died, he told his doctor that he "chewed cannabis" from time to time to calm himself down. and when they did an autopsy, they found cannabis in his stomach.

so everyone knows that he ingested THC for relaxation (he didn't inhale it because it wasn't good for his lungs).

what i really want to know though, is this: did the THC also help him with his martial arts? did being half-baked help him to more easily achieve "mushin" (yeah i wiki'd that)? did it help him "empty his mind" in a sort of meditative state to help him express himself more physically and more intuitively? i know cannabis makes people more creative. maybe it helped him with his "mix ups" by freeing limitations of his conscious mind that might have been preoccupied with established forms and techniques, in order to combine or try new ones?

the reason i ask is because i play tennis a lot, and i've met some people who actually do better and have won against me under the influence of alcohol or weed (versus my sober racket-swinging).

[Plasma Waffle]

your reaction times are slower when you're baked - you might have a good idea, but you woin't be able to execute it (in terms of action sports)

[MadDash]

Maybe for truly exceptional people, certain drugs have the effect of enhancing their already substantial abilities to new heights from time to time. I think for most people, they say that stuff just as an excuse to get high.

Basically you have to have talent to begin with. You can't improve what is not there.

[practice]

Originally posted by Plasma Waffle:

your reaction times are slower when you're baked - you might have a good idea, but you woin't be able to execute it (in terms of action sports)

so maybe bruce took it only when he wasn't practicing or actually fighting?

[TheJuice]

Bruce was apparently known for having a quick temper so I imagine this was partly the reason why marijuana was his drug of choice. Another way he could have dealt with his anger issues would be meditation, and for many martial artists the two often go hand in hand. But from reading his bio you get the impression that he was a restless dude, always active, usually training in some form or another, and he also wasn't really big on meditation though he never opposed it.

The marijuana probably helped calm his temper, and in any activity whether it's fighting games or sports anger hinders performance. As he himself put it you gotta empty yourself, be "formless" (lol)... well, anger goes against that.

Edit: Something else I forgot to mention, Bruce also suffered a severe back injury which he never fully recovered from, which may also partly explain his marijuana usage to treat the pain.

[Useless Bunny]

First of all I don't think this subject should be in in here at all, but oh well.

Even if marijuana helped him somehow, there are better ways to achieve even better results. I recommend that you look into Sport Psychology to find out more about techniques to improve your performance.

[князь Лев Николае]

Originally posted by MindVega:

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As he himself put it you gotta empty yourself, be "formless" (lol)... well, anger goes against that.
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lol?

[TheJuice]

Originally posted by Snugsot:

Originally posted by MindVega:

[...]
As he himself put it you gotta empty yourself, be "formless" (lol)... well, anger goes against that.
[...]

lol?

League of Legends

[князь Лев Николае]

Originally posted by MindVega:

Originally posted by Snugsot:

lol?

League of Legends

So the word "formless" is funny because League of Legends.

I still dont get it, but that's ok, it must be one of those generational things.

[Kaz Dragon]

A frequent re-discovery when tenpin bowling is that, after a pint of beer or so, your gameplay improves.

Except it doesn't, really. What happens is that you become relaxed and are not distracted by nerves. It allows you to get into your swing more easily.

Unfortunately, swiftly after this, your gameplay goes down the drain as your hand-eye coordination and concentration vanish.

[DarkSamus]

Locking this. There really is no need for a discussion invloving drugs on the forum.

Remember "Winners don't use drugs"