A foreword from Guru Neal Bryant

Listed Below are some, but not all of Bruce Lee's original students and for some of them, Sifu Bruce and Sifu Dan personally kept a log of their attendance and hours of training. The list includes Bruce Lee's original students from Seattle, Oakland, and Los Angeles however the full list of original students is much longer list than the one I have included. Please forgive me for leaving anyone out.

Taky Kimura
Jesse Glover
James Yim Lee
Dan Inosanto
Richard Bustillo
Bob Bremer
Ted Wong
Dan Lee
Larry Hartsell
Jerry Poteet
Tim Hackett

My training in Jeet Kune Do comes from one of  Dan Inosanto's full time students from the 80's, one of James Yim Lee's students from the late 60's Oakland Chapter Gung Fu, and the Grand Master of Hung Fa Yi Wing Chun.

However, everyone knows that the secrets of JKD are left with Dan Inosanto and that Bruce trusted Dan to teach Jeet Kune Do in his absence.

Rest in peace Sifu Bruce. You are gone now, but we are still learning from you. Guru Neal Bryant



Jeet Kune Do operates within three ranges: kicking, boxing, and grappling.

Kicking operates in lead - lag much like the hands but also includes switch kicks, sweep kicks, stop kicks, forward toe, whirling, push front, forward, and reverse. These techniques are herein described in Cantonese as  jit tek, nao tek, sao tek, huen tek, jut tek. These classes of classic Gung Fu kicking all have specific purpose at a certain moment and for a definite purpose. You may succeed to throw your opponent off balance with huen tek  known as ( the circling or whirling kick ) and may be able to pull your opponent into boxing range or equally, take one of his knees to the ground thus destroying your opponents bai jong, or on guard position.



Boxing operates within the medium combat range and penetrates the opponents inner gate. Both lead and lag hands create sectors which in turn create the windows of oppourtunity for striking, as well as "baiting the opponents mind" to punch into a trap. In training these concepts will be disected and paired in great detail as the variations are to many to describe here. Hand techniques: pak sao (centerline - zero line - yang line), huen sao (stealing the line), lap sao (grab hand), qa chui ( snapping back fist), chun chui (spring) , ping chui (horizontal), bui sao, bong sao (wing), tan sao ( dispersing energy hand), mun sao ( begging hand ) etc ... are all part of the boxing range that the student must adapt to in order to become hand proficient.

Of course "chain chun" , straight blasts, and hooks are always aching to go.



Grappling range creates ground work, throws, locks, and chokes from standing, squatting, flat, or guarded positions. It is obvious in the picture below that the boxing range was closed and the grappling range was initiated. Notice the closed fist of the straight right punch that failed to strike the opponent still clinched, as a flying Dutchman choke is applied.

... and the rest is history.



Thank you Guru Guy, Grand Master Gee, and Proffessor Allen for giving me the knowledge, choices, and stregnth ... 

Neal