Just about every day I get messages on social media and in my inbox about how they can get started in JKD. Reasons for wanting to study Jeet Kune Do vary. Some do because they’re a huge Bruce Lee fan and watched and re-watched all of Bruce Lee’s movies. While others, like myself, wanted to study the […]
Bruce Lee and Tai Chi
While going through some old archival footage (left over on some old hard drives I have), I came across this gem of a video of Bruce Lee demonstrating Tai Chi Chuan (Tai Ji Quan). Most probably know that Bruce Lee had been taught some of the fundamentals of Tai Ji (more specifically, Wu style) from […]
The Catalyst – My JKD Journey
This book was the catalyst for my interest in the art and science of Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do, and the primary reason why I specifically sought out my teacher Sifu Tim Tackett. I vividly recall going to Virgin Megastore in London as a kid (must have been around 1985) looking for martial arts books. […]
JKD: Philosophy or an Art?
I’ve always viewed the JKD I’ve been taught as a physical expression of the principles, theories and philosophy that Bruce Lee spoke and wrote about in his notes. There is a certain way to do the things that Bruce described and taught in his classes, ‘the guiding principles of JKD’ if you will. If you’re […]
Interview with Sifu Jim Sewell – Original Student of Bruce Lee
Below is a short interview with my Sifu Jim Sewell from footage taken for a British documentary on Bruce Lee in 1992. Sifu Jim was a friend of the late Sifu Bob Bremer who took him to Sijo Bruce Lee’s school in Los Angeles Chinatown in 1967. He had gone with Bob to Ed Parker’s […]