Question

This person described one of his theories in an interview as “just a name used, a boat to get one across, and… to be discarded and not carried on one’s back.” A posthumous book by this person compiled by his wife along with Gilbert L. Johnson and Dan Inosanto was originally written after a devastating accident left this person in a back brace for 6 months. The emblem for a theory created by this person consists of clockwise arrows around the Yin Yang symbol. (-5[1])A passage from a book by this (-5[1])person tells the reader to “be formless, shapeless, like (*) water” (10[2])and says (10[2])“water can flow, (10[1])or it can crash.” The “way of the intercepting (10[1])fist” names this person’s theory influenced by his teacher Ip Man, which titles his book The Tao (-5[1])of Jeet Kune Do. For 10 points, name this writer and martial artist who died at age 32 after starring in the Hong Kong films Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Bruce Lee [or Lee Jun-fan]
<Young Fenimore Lee, Other Academic>
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Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%0%33%123.78

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Swapnil GargEvans Hall destruction awaiterswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp83-5
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessIn Search of Things Past90-5
Eric MukherjeeCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!BHSU10010
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)10010
Richard YuI would prefer not toDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too10210
Will NedigerThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Clubremembrance of lost time10210
Rein OtsasonThe CanadiansQuasicrystal Silence10510
Aseem KeyalThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble11410
Joel Miles[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?Hang et al., Robert Browning131-5
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness16310
Cyrus Zhouwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpEvans Hall destruction awaiters16410
Charles HangHang et al., Robert Browning[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?16410