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Jeet kune do and Thai boxing

Sure, it’s a little like Thai boxing, except that if you had a gung fu fight, there’d never be any “round three.” Somebody would be lying on the floor.

Martial art should not be passed out indiscriminately. So far I have only three assistants teaching for me when I cannot personally be there. Taky Kimura, a friend and quality assistant (and most capable pupil/teacher) for over ten years, teaches occasionally in Seattle. James Lee, an ex-gung fu instructor, closed his school and has a club in Oakland, and Dan Inosanto teaches as a hobby here in his home in southern California. Both Taky and James are more steeped in the (Wing Chun) Chinese system because they met me at the earlier stage in my development and, consequently, whenever I see the two of them, I try to liberate them more from one way to walk the pathless path. Dan, a dedicated professional, met me during the midst of my evolution though he has less training than either Taky or James. During the last ten years, Chinese martial art has always been a major part of my activity, though I am now in a new field, the field of acting. My achievement in the martial art is most satisfying and the word Chinese has come a long way in the circle of martial art due to the fact that all three of the US karate free style champs are studying under me [Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, and Mike Stone].