Sure, fair enough.
I tell you where I come out. I abandoned the name Jeet Kune Do some time ago. Never have three words generated such pointless debate, from all sides. I never met Bruce Lee, so I don’t personally know what he did and didn’t do, or say, or want. I have tried to pass on the understanding of events given to me by Mr Inosanto and others who were there, but in the end that just turns into a “my dad knows more than your dad” debate.
So as far as I’m concerned, if there is a group of guys out there whose main purpose is to insist that they own JKD – then they can have it, they are welcome to it. I study and teach Inosanto Martial Arts, and I am extremely proud to do so. I look at the teachers, artists, athletes, fighters and students in the Inosanto family and I realise that it doesn’t matter jack shit what you call it, I just know this is where I want to be.
You follow your path sir, call it whatever you will, and good luck to you.
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