Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chp 4: For a perfect performance

TL: Pineapple

Editor: Isalee

“Where are you going?”

His wife curiously asked this because Woo Hyuk came out of the bedroom wearing training clothes.

“I’m gonna go jog around the neighborhood for a bit,” Woo Hyuk replied as he headed for the door.

“Is your body okay?”

“I feel fantastic!”

Woo Hyuk just laughed at the worried expression that his wife was making.

“Okay, come back soon. I’ll have a delicious breakfast waiting for you.”

He opened the door and ran down the stairs.

My body is so light. He felt like he was floating five centimeters off the ground while running.

After running one big lap around the neighborhood, he decided to head to the park.

The park had a small work out area. Usually in the morning you could see people working out here, but today there was no one.

He began doing some light stretches. After that he went up to be bar and hung onto it to do pull ups.

A few days ago, he could barely do five pull ups but now he could easily do ten.

Bruce Lee’s life-experience popped up in his mind.

“Hayah!”

He used his thumb to brush his nose and imitated Bruce Lee’s sound and posture.

Were there any children in the world who didn’t imitate Bruce Lee?

Woo Hyuk was no exception.

There were many comedians who impersonated Bruce Lee.

After I experienced Bruce Lee’s life last night, my opinion of him was completely overturned.

Actually, when I chose to experience Bruce Lee’s life, I wanted to pa.s.s an audition using kicking skills. Bruce Lee was in fact more talented in acting than martial arts.

Bruce Lee’s acting career ended when he was 33.

His entire life was based around his acting career.

Those that came after Bruce Lee don’t think of him as an actor. Instead, they regard him as a legendary warrior or an idol of masculinity and the founder of Jeet Kune Do. [1] Bruce Lee debuted in his first movie <golden gate=”” girl=””> when he was only three months old. [2]

When he was 18, he had already acted in 20 different films and was an actor until he died at 33.

Woo Hyuk’s respect for Bruce Lee shot up immensely after he experienced his life.

Having a healthy body, steady concentration, dexterity, good breathing techniques, and keen perception were required in order to learn martial arts.

Whenever I saw him in his movies, I was always mesmerized by his acting.

It was overwhelmingly mesmerizing.

Every single one of his actions came from his martial arts skills.

He was most definitely a master in martial arts, but he was also an expert in acting by considering the camera angles, lighting, placement of the other actors, and the environment that he acted in.

The way he always shouted when he acted wasn’t a martial arts skill but was a byproduct of him enhancing his acting.

There was no other actor that could shout exactly the way he did.

How would it have the same impact without his punching sound effects: “Puk”, “Euk”, Pababak!”?

It would be like eating fried chicken without pickled radish. [3]

That’s how Woo Hyuk thought about it. I learned many things after experiencing Bruce Lee’s life.

I not only discovered his true self and personality, but also found his flaws.

For a long time, Woo Hyuk just thought that he was unlucky. He thought that he could become a star just by being a part of a really good movie or TV show.

It was laughable.

Wait for an opportunity?

Opportunities don’t come to you, you have to make your own opportunities; that’s what Bruce Lee said.

You worked harder than others?

That’s ridiculous.

Instead of thinking about working harder than others, you should think about working harder than you did the day before.

Woo Hyuk was too content with his acting skills. He thought that there was nothing left for him to learn.

It was a huge mistake.

Bruce Lee was always faithful to his foundational skills, and he practiced them every single day.

Compared to Bruce Lee, he himself was extremely lazy. He never even practiced and complained about his unluckiness.

He didn’t put enough effort into acting.

Neither did he pay attention to himself.

It was natural that he hadn’t rise to stardom.

Even though he was a bit lucky in the beginning, it wasn’t anything special for him to be proud about.

Sooner or later, he would have lost his fundamentals.

Woo Hyuk reflected on himself and his career deeply while doing pull ups.

After he reached ten pull ups, he started to become tired and he was barely able to do 20.

According to the life-experience database, the special skills and abilities that I obtain from the person’s life that I experience will gradually disappear.

In order for it to not disappear, I need to put in effort and practice those skills.

I need a special skill to stand out during auditions…

There isn’t much time to show off martial arts skills in auditions.

I need to show off a skill that can make a huge impact on the judges during the audition.

It might be a good idea to show off Bruce Lee’s nunchuck skills to the judges.

I have to acquire a set of nunchucks.

Since I’m empty-handed right now, should I at least try some kicks?

Last night while going through Bruce Lee’s life, he remembered him saying this in one of his auditions.

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, I fear the man who has practiced one kick10,000 times.”

To kick one kick 10,000 times?