Immanual Kant may have been an INTJ and not INTP - extraordinary iq, extremely rigid doctrinaire, he had such a tight daily schedule that the people in his town adjusted their clocks according to his routine.
I know what VI is. There are multiple theories, and they go beyond long and round faces. Some revolve around neutral expressions, eyes, posture, etc..
The very type galleries that were originally the springboard for these theories don't show obvious similarities either
this also goes without mentioning that not all of those types clearly correspond with MBTI
Ekaterina Filatova had happened to take pictures of people in her consultings with people, but she had never proposed anything about VI.
Secondly, Socionics.com is run only by one guy.. who isn't one of the main researchers behind any of it.
He was a passionate person but you could tell his feelings towards others and himself weren't very sensitive.(aka he was no softy) Bruce lee's training regiments were very intense and brutal. His Independence towards the martial arts was more for effective combat skills than self expression. If self expression was the main reason for him to invent jeet-kune-do he would of been known as a flashy "film style" fighter, than a true martial artist. He also had a passion towards creating effective efficient combat with jeet kune do. Creating maximum efficiency is a core ISTP treat.
I could see N in that he was very open minded and saw that all martial arts systems were useful. None of this Tiger Claw vs Monkey Fist shit. He was the first true mixed martial artist (far more mixed than what comes across as MMA these days too). He came from the Wing Chun style of Kung Fu, but he took what he could from Aikido, Karate, Muay Thai, Juijitsu, Sumo.. Anything.. One of his favorites was actually Muhammad Ali. Bruce went out of his way to get films and study him.. part of his footwork was Fencing and Ali, and had nothing to do with Kung Fu. Anyways, one could say this was all tertiary Ni still. ISFPs and ISTPs can still think outside the box and synthesize different approaches, just not as well or wide reaching as INJ, of course. I just don't think his intent was wide reaching in the Fe sense.. he was simply aiming for personal expression and fluidity in combat. Second, he told his students that they needed to do the same with personal expression. That his path in Jeet Kune Do was not their path, that they needed to take from him only what they needed. He called his path Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do (Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do). He'd teach groundwork, but you would make your own Jeet Kune Do, not his. And if necessary, even throw out everything he taught. "A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence." Maybe that's still something an INFJ could say, but it's something to consider.
Self expression is not about flashyness, it's about truth. Focusing on training your body to convey what you want to say; Conveying your truth. It's not a show; this is a comment he once made in an interview, where he said that it would be easy to pretend and such, but being true to yourself is much harder.
Good points though.
I've been looking around a few sites and many have labelled Lee as an ISTP. I disagree with this and believe that he was an INTJ. Although his physical condition may have suggested that he was very connected with the exterior environment, Bruce has displayed many N characteristics in his lifetime.
Lee had a very abstract method of thinking. He nullified the traditions between the Eastern and Western culture teaching people to '' Take what is useful, cast off what is inferior and add what is essential.'' He had a degree in philosophy, and used The Art Of War - Sun Tzu as one of the core resources in the development of his modern martial arts.
What are your thoughts on this?
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I have to go with Speed here on Lee's MBTI. The guy practical reeks of ISTP.
I've been looking around a few sites and many have labelled Lee as an ISTP. I disagree with this and believe that he was an INTJ. Although his physical condition may have suggested that he was very connected with the exterior environment, Bruce has displayed many N characteristics in his lifetime.
Lee had a very abstract method of thinking. He nullified the traditions between the Eastern and Western culture teaching people to '' Take what is useful, cast off what is inferior and add what is essential.'' He had a degree in philosophy, and used The Art Of War - Sun Tzu as one of the core resources in the development of his modern martial arts.
What are your thoughts on this?
ISTP heavy Ni