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—Ted Wong, November 2008

A s you may already know, the volume that you now hold in your hands was preceded several years ago by a little book called The Straight Lead: The Core of Bruce Lee's Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do®. Through the study of a single technique, I traced the evolution of Bruce Lee's martial arts development out of Western boxing and fencing. I thought it important to come right out of the gate with an argument for the technique that is really the cornerstone of Jeet Kune Do, or more precisely in Bruce Lee's own words, "the core of Jeet Kune Do." All other aspects of the art—other punches, evasive techniques, even the stance—were selected and developed around delivery of the straight lead.

While we briefly cover the lead punch in this book, we don't have enough room here to go into its history and origins. Nor do we have the space to cover some of the finer details of the mechanics. For a full understanding of the art, then, I recommend your reading this book's predecessor, as the material you are about to read is a natural progression from The Straight Lead. I've taken some of the basic mechanics and strategies covered in that book and applied them to the rest of the JKD arsenal.