Kune Do — Why?
Kune Do is a process. It is a way without a way, it is a style without a style. It moves beyond the borders of culture, style, and tradition. It moves beyond the borders of race, religion, and identity. It comes out of a dialogue, a dialogue which asks a key question, why?
Natural life is a continuous process of relation. It is your body cooling itself to a hot environment. It is your eyes contracting to the glare of sunlight. It is your breath quickening as you labor. It is continuous, changing, flowing — a dialogue.
A style, religion, tradition is a wall. It needs constant upkeep, repair, and cannot move. It is a relic, a barrier, and a divide. It separates yourself from the outside world. It is an answer, not a question.
Kune Do is a question, a dialogue, a process of relation. And because of this, it cannot be followed. It can never be the same. It comes from a process of relation and so cannot be a style, cannot be a way. It cannot be a religion, cannot be a tradition. It is the mirror reflecting the world as it is. And it is a mirror which can constantly change. It is the water which holds no form. It is natural life which is continuous, flowing.
Kune Do came because I began to question. I began to have a dialogue. I did not accept that a religion was truth. I did not accept that a tradition was truth. I did not accept that a style was truth. I pointed to no one path and said this is the way to go. Instead, I took a deep breath, listened to sounds of the world, and responded. I said to myself, I will call no one way the best, I will adopt no one style, I will play no one music, and instead I will look to the world in its borderless and infinite reality and make that my music.
Kune Do is a process. It is a way without a way, it is a style without a style. It moves beyond the borders of culture, style, and tradition. It moves beyond the borders of race, religion, and identity. It comes out of a dialogue, a dialogue which asks a key question, why?
I am Kune Do.
April 19, UCLA Royce Hall Terrace, 6:50 PM
Ram Eshwar Kaundinya — Percussion
Atticus Reynolds — Drums
Jade Elliot — Sax
Joel Bickel — Bass
Paul Cornish — Keys
