Ever since it opened its doors in Carson, California, the IMB Academy has existed on the cutting edge of the martial arts. Because it was founded by two of Bruce Lee’s most prominent disciples, it was able to offer the public the most effective and authentic jeet kune do training in the world. It eventually became one of those hallowed establishments—like the Kodokan in Tokyo, Kukkiwon in Korea an ...
Author: John Thomas Bingham
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I first met Bruce Lee in 1964. At the time, I was one of Ed Parker’s top kenpo black belts, and I had accompanied him to San Francisco to arrange the first International Karate Championship. While we were there, we decided to visit James Lee in nearby Oakland, California. His brother, Bruce, was staying with him.
James had a wooden dummy, and while we all stood around socializing, Bruce wal ...
Author: Jerry Poteet
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Jet Li has never shied away from complexity.
In fact, he has embraced it, and many of his Hong Kong movie roles, from Wong Fei Hung to Ching Woo's Chen Zhen to the mysterious hero of the Black Mask, have been conflicted ones, searching for right and wrong, purpose, justice, and at times existential meaning. In Romeo Must Die, Li once again plays the hero who must face the challenges of revenge, ...
Author: Martha Burr
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Most people have only been exposed to John Styers work through the book "Cold Steel".
It is important to remember that first and foremost this book outlines a BASIC course of close-combat instruction. The elements covered in this system include bayonet, knife, stick and unarmed combat. Styers developed this "system" for BASIC training.
The framework of all of these methods remains C ...
Author: Carl Cestari
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How practical are throwing techniques (nagewaza) for self-defense or street-fighting? NOT VERY!
The Japanese themselves have a saying, "One year for newaza (ground technique), TEN YEARS for nagewaza (Throwing technique)". It takes ten times as long to become proficient at throwing than it does at ground fighting.
Trying to throw a fully resisting, fighting adversary and pulling off ...
Author: Carl Cestari
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