In 1966 Bruce lee started work on compiling information about his Jeet Kune Do system of fighting. It was to cover his philosophy, fighting methods and training.
2. In 1966 Bruce lee started work on compiling information about
his Jeet Kune Do system of fighting.
It was to cover his philosophy, fighting methods and training.
At some point Bruce Lee decided he did not want to publish
this information because he did not want other martial arts
instructors to use the information to promote themselves.
Supposedly some instructors had already tried to use Bruce’s
name in order to promote their business.
3. After Bruce Lee died his widow Linda contacted Mitoshi
Uyehara, who was the founder and owner of “Black Belt
Magazine” to help in compiling all of Bruce’s info into a
book.
Bruce Lee had contributed some articles to the magazine
and he and Uyehara had become friends.
Uyehara helped compile all the information Bruce had
worked so it could be used for publication.
4. The book that derived from Bruce Lee’s info was called
“Bruce Lee’s Fighting Methods” and was available in
1978.
The publication contained 4 volumes; Self-Defense
Techniques, Basic Training, Skill in Techniques and
Advanced Techniques.
It was also available as a hardback book which contained
all the volumes together.
5. In 2003 “Black Belt Magazine” re-released the
hardback edition which had not been available since
1981.
The book was updated with an introduction by
Bruce’s daughter Shannon and a new chapter called
“Five Ways of Attack” by a first generation student of
Bruce Lee named Ted Wong.
Wong can be seen in many of the pictures found in
“Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method” which where taken
about the time Bruce was compiling the information.
6. For more cool behind the scene stuff on Bruce
Lee check out Bruce Lee’s Workout and Fitness.
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