Tag: Los Angeles
Interview with Sifu Dan Lee
Sifu Dan Lee first saw Bruce Lee at the 1964 Long Beach Internationals. At the time Dan was training Kenpo Karate with Ed Parker. Sifu Dan was the first student admitted to Bruce Lee’s new school in the Los Angeles Chinatown district in 1967. This interview was conducted in 1988. At the time Dan Lee was […]
A Spirit from Within – An Interview with Sifu Richard Bustillo
Richard Bustillo has trained with some of the greatest martial artists of our generation. Whether studying Jeet Kune Do with Bruce Lee or Kajukenbo with Sid Asuncion; Judo with Henry Okazaki or Escrima with Cacoy Canete, Bustillo was a willing and grateful student. But what has solidified his place among these giants is not just […]
Tim Tackett Martial Arts History
Tim Tackett became part of the closed “Backyard JKD” group beginning around 1970. Bruce Lee had shut down his L.A. Chinatown school and gave Dan Inosanto permission to teach this private group of about 10 guys. In his very first session there he sparred with two of Bruce Lee’s top students from the Chinatown school, […]
Chris Kent – How I got started in JKD
Chris Kent is a well known and highly regarded JKD instructor who was the very last student accepted into Dan Inosanto’s backyard class when he was only 17 years old. He has authored numerous books and videos on the art of Jeet Kune Do, including having co-written the classic “Jun Fan/Jeet Kune Do – The […]
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