Mr. Brewer, As I reread this I see my coherency level is still low, when I first trained with Joe he was still working with Bruce, On a couple of occasions my lessons were cut short because Joe had to go to Bruce's for their training. On some of my lessons Joe would work with me on what he and Bruce had covered, that is how Joe was able to practice and perfect what he learned, and yes it was called JKD, After Joe and Bruce had a falling out, due to Joe's first wife was when Joe stopped saying what he was showing was based on JKD. But even then he still gave Bruce credit for what he had learned from Bruce. then, when Bruce died the name JKD became a joke due to so many people with no knowledge using the name, at that time Joe did not want to be associated with all the JKD rip-off artiest who had a picture taken with Bruce at some tournament, and had then rented enter the dragon and started teaching JKD. Then just before Bruce Died the lines of communications started to open, but Bruce died before they had a chance to iron out their differences. Joe was an original Bruce Lee student, And despite what you may think, the best fighter, sport OR street that Bruce ever worked with, and I have felt what Joe can do, luckily Joe took it VERY easy on me or I would not be wasting all this space. and yes, using the names JKD and Bruce Lee is marketing, As today very few of the younger martial art students have ever herd of Joe or Bruce from a martial arts standpoint, but due to his movie name recognition, Bruce and JKD are still far more well known then any other martial artiest ever, with the possible exception of Van Damme and Seagal or Stallone.
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Yours In Martial Arts.
Bob Rosenbaum
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