Michael,
I have come to that same conclusion. I have been training in JKD since 1993 and have trained with a lot of top notch JKD instructors. I to have grown tired of all the debates and all the Bruce Lee worship that goes on today. I have the utmost respect for the man and am fully aware of what he has done and what he contributed to the world. However, just as you said I never trained with him and never met him and have no idea of where he would be today if he was still alive. I will say that my personal belief is that Guro Dan has taken the art probably closest to what Bruce would have than anyone else. No disrespect to any of the other original students that trained with Bruce but Guro Dan seems to be the most open minded individual out there.
I started trying to steer clear of calling my stuff Jun Fan or JKD instead I now call it Integrated Submission Grappling out of respect for my instructor Larry Hartsell and also Integrated Filippino Martial Arts out of respect to all the different FMA instructors I have trained with.
Cheers,
Tim
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Tim McFatridge
Integrated Submission Grappling
JKD Kali Association -
www.jkdkali.com
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