Being Water: how key ideas from the practice of Bruce Lee align with contemporary theorizing in movement skill acquisition

References

• Araújo, D., & Davids, K. (2011). What exactly is acquired during skill acquisition? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 18(3–4), 7–23.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Araújo, D., Davids, K., & Hristovski, R. (2006). The ecological dynamics of decision making in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 7(6), 653–676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.07.002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bernstein, N. A. (1967). The Co-ordination and regulation of movements. Pergamon Press.
   Google Scholar
• Bernstein, N. A. (1996). On dexterity and its development. In M. L. Latash & M. T. Turvey (Eds.), Dexterity and its development (pp. 1–244). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
   Google Scholar
• Bruineberg, J., & Rietveld, E. (2014). Self-organization, free energy minimization, and optimal grip on a field of affordances. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00599
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Button, C., Seifert, L., Chow, J. Y., Araújo, D., & Davids, K. (2020). Dynamics of skill acquisition: An ecological dynamics approach (2nd edition). Human Kinetics.
   Google Scholar
• Cambridge. (n.d.). Adaptability. In https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/. Retrieved November 25, 2022, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/adaptability.
   Google Scholar
• Chong, I., & Proctor, R. W. (2020). On the evolution of a radical concept: Affordances according to Gibson and their subsequent use and development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(1), 117–132. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619868207
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chow, J. Y. (2013). Nonlinear learning underpinning pedagogy: Evidence, challenges, and implications. Quest, 65(4), 469–484. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2013.807746
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chow, J. Y., Davids, K., Button, C., & Renshaw, I. (2016). Nonlinear pedagogy in skill acquisition: An introduction. Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Chow, J. Y., Davids, K., Button, C., & Renshaw, I. (2022). Nonlinear pedagogy in skill acquisition: An introduction (2nd edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003247456.
   Google Scholar
• Clouse, R. (Director). (1973). Enter the Dragon [Film]. Warner Bros. Pictures.
   Google Scholar
• Clouse, R. (Director). (1978). Game of Death [Film]. Golden Harvest.
   Google Scholar
• Davids, K., & Araújo, D. (2010). The concept of ‘Organismic Asymmetry’ in sport science. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(6), 633–640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2010.05.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davids, K., Araújo, D., Shuttleworth, R., & Button, C. (2003). Acquiring skill in sport: A constraints-led perspective. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 2(2), 31–39.
   Google Scholar
• Davids, K., Button, C., & Bennett, S. J. (2008). Dynamics of skill acquisition: A constraints-led approach. Human Kinetics.
   Google Scholar
• Edelman, G. M., & Gally, J. A. (2001). Degeneracy and complexity in biological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(24), 13763–13768. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231499798
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fajen, B. R., Riley, M. A., & Turvey, M. T. (2009). Information, affordances, and the control of action in sport. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 40(1), 79–107.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gibson, J. J. (1966). The senses considered as perceptual systems. Houghton Mifflin.
   Google Scholar
• Gibson, J. J. (1979). The ecological approach to visual perception. Houghton Mifflin.
   Google Scholar
• Glazier, P. S. (2017). Towards a grand unified theory of sports performance. Human Movement Science, 56(Pt A), 139–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2015.08.001
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guadagnoli, M. A., & Lee, T. D. (2004). Challenge point: A framework for conceptualizing the effects of various practice conditions in motor learning. Journal of Motor Behavior, 36(2), 212–224. https://doi.org/10.3200/JMBR.36.2.212-224
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jacobs, D. M., & Michaels, C. F. (2007). Direct learning. Ecological Psychology, 19(4), 321–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407410701432337
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelso, J. A. S. (2012). Multistability and metastability: Understanding dynamic coordination in the brain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1591), 906–918. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0351
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kimmel, M., & Rogler, C. R. (2018). Affordances in interaction: The case of Aikido. Ecological Psychology, 30(3), 195–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2017.1409589
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kiverstein, J., & Rietveld, E. (2015). The primacy of skilled intentionality: On Hutto & Satne’s the natural origins of content. Philosophia, 43(3), 701–721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-015-9645-z
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krabben, K., Orth, D., & van der Kamp, J. (2019). Combat as an interpersonal synergy: An ecological dynamics approach to combat sports. Sports Medicine, 49(12), 1825–1836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01173-y
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee, B. (Director). (1972). The Way of the Dragon [Film]. Golden Harvest.
   Google Scholar
• Lee, B. (2011). Tao of Jeet Kune Do (Expanded edition). Black Belt Books.
   Google Scholar
• Lee, S. (2020). Be water, my friend: The teachings of Bruce Lee. Flatiron Books.
   Google Scholar
• Little, J. (1996). The warrior within: The philosophies of Bruce Lee to better understand the world around you and achieve a rewarding life. McGraw-Hill.
   Google Scholar
• Little, J. (1998). The art of expressing the human body. Tuttle Publishing.
   Google Scholar
• McCormack, P. (Director). (2012). I Am Bruce Lee [TV Movie]. LeeWay Media & Network Entertainment.
   Google Scholar
• Newell, K. M. (1986). Constraints on the development of coordination. In M. G. Wade & H. T. A. Whiting (Eds.), Motor development in children: Aspects of coordination and control (pp. 341–360). Martinus Nijhoff.
   Google Scholar
• Nguyen, B. (Director). (2020, June 7). Be Water (Season 4, Episode 7) [TV series episode]. In C. Schell (Executive Producer), 30 for 30. ESPN Films.
   Google Scholar
• Noorbhai, H. (2022). Cricket coaching and batting in the 21st century through a 4IR lens: A narrative review. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 8(3), e001435. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001435
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Orth, D., van der Kamp, J., Memmert, D., & Savelsbergh, G. J. P. (2017). Creative motor actions as emerging from movement variability. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1903. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01903
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Passos, P., Araújo, D., Davids, K., & Shuttleworth, R. (2008). Manipulating constraints to train decision making in rugby union. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 3(1), 125–140. https://doi.org/10.1260/174795408784089432
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pinder, R. A., Davids, K., Renshaw, I., & Araújo, D. (2011). Representative learning design and functionality of research and practice in sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33(1), 146–155. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.33.1.146
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ramsey, H., Dicks, M., Hope, L., & Reddy, V. (2022). Maximising grip on deception and disguise: Expert sports performance during competitive interactions. Sports Medicine - Open, 8(1), 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00441-y
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Renshaw, I., Davids, K., O’Sullivan, M., Maloney, M. A., Crowther, R., & McCosker, C. (2022). An ecological dynamics approach to motor learning in practice: Reframing the learning and performing relationship in high performance sport. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2(1), 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.04.003
   Google Scholar
• Seifert, L., Button, C., & Davids, K. (2013). Key properties of expert movement systems in sport: An ecological dynamics perspective. Sports Medicine, 43(3), 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-012-0011-z
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seifert, L., & Davids, K. (2015). Ecological dynamics: A theoretical framework for understanding sport performance, physical education and physical activity. CS-DC’15 World e-conference, ⟨hal-01291044⟩.
   Google Scholar
• Sullivan, M. O., Woods, C. T., Vaughan, J., & Davids, K. (2021). Towards a contemporary player learning in development framework for sports practitioners. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(5), 1214–1222. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541211002335
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams, A. M., Davids, K., & Williams, J. G. (1999). Visual perception and action in sport. E. and F. N. Spon.
   Google Scholar
• Withagen, R., de Poel, H. J., Araújo, D., & Pepping, G.-J. (2012). Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency. New Ideas in Psychology, 30(2), 250–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2011.12.003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yearby, T., Myszka, S., Roberts, W. M., Woods, C. T., & Davids, K. (2022). Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American football: Some case examples on best practice. Sports Coaching Review, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2022.2057698
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar