OK now I see where you are coming from. Yes I do know that until his unfortunate death in 1972, James Yimm Lee was kept up to date with how the art of JFGF was progressing. I understand.
My point, and I will be frank my friend it really matters not, is that the art James Yimm Lee taught even beyond Bruce Lee's move to LA, was JFGF. James Yimm Lee and Guro Inosanto were the only men who received a grade in JFGF equal to that of Bruce Lee, but the only person who received rank to teach Jeet Kune Do was Guro Inosanto.
You know Happy Cat I am way past caring about any of this, I think as you and I discussed before I don't even use the name JKD anymore. But I guess when I see two people getting tangled up in a historical argument I just pitch in what I know.
The bottom line to all of this I guess is that Jujujason and I, as students of Mr Inosanto, run with what we have been told. You run with your knowledge from Mr Williams and his students. The shame is the bickering, of which I have been party to before. It would be cool if we could all just get in a room and do some good training - which I think ALL sides agree was one of the founding beliefs of all the men we talk about and respect.
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