ASHTANGA05-
you choose to down certain people that might not be on this sight, ie... Lamar Davis. So it seems to me that here you have the big mouth and are the blowhard. I train with Sifu Lamar and he is nothing like you try and make him out to be. He teaches true and pure JKD not watered down mixed with junk JKD like some are trying to say is ok. Remember the X and Y letter that Bruce Lee wrote to a student that wanted to do this very thing:
X is Jeet Kune Do.
Y is the style that you will represent.
To represent and teach Y, one
should drill its members according
to the preaching of Y.
This is the same with anyone
who is qualified and has been
approved to represent X.
To justify by interfusing X and Y
is basically the denying of
Y ......... but still calling
it Y.
A man, as you put it, is one
who is noble to stick to the
road he has chosen.
A garden of rose will yield
rose, and a gardne of violets
will yield violets.
Sifu Lamar is against this and due to his convictions about it will not mix and mingle to please the masses. If I want to train with someone that does this he says ok; but I am not to teach the junk JKD that I learned from that person and pass it off as true JKD. As far as being recognized he is by many OBLS with proof to back it up. The BLF is all about money and what a few people want to call JKD and how they can control this to et more money. They don't want to recognize anyone that has CHARACTER and STRENGTH. They want yes men; like you. No one can control JKD it is an art. No one can ban the use of the term JKD. Who is teaching the correct JKD version? Ted Wong teaches different JKD from Jerry Poteet who teaches different JKD from Jesse Glover etc... Each student learned in a different manner as well as in a different period of Bruce Lee's life (Seattle- Oakland- LA Chinatown). So unless you choose to confront Sifu Lamar "in person" and not hide in a forum you are the loudmouth. You are
KENT