Bruce Lee’s Modern Legacy
I started learning JKD from videos as a teenager. Later in college I enrolled into an accredited course on JKD at the U of O with instructors from the Dan Inosanto camp. It was a good class. Unfortunately I can’t recall their names. I believe it is still active in some form today. If Eugene wasn’t so far away I would drop in for a free class. Currently I am learning from Octavio Quintero, who was a student from the late Jerry Poteet and Steve Golden (both original students from Bruce Lee). Octavio is one of a handful of instructors to receive a Full Instructor Jeet Kune Do certificate in 2006 by Jerry Poteet. It is a unique experience for me as I have been helping with his JKD online store.
Bruce Lee’s martial art legacy is a scientific fighting system that is modern, fast, and explosive. Bruce refined & simplified what worked for him, by using JKD concepts and principals. Some of the main influences to Bruce Lee include wing chun kung fu, western boxing, and fencing.
Resources:
Sifu Octavio Quintero
- Portland, Oregon
- Currently enrolled. Started in May, 2018.
U of O Staff
- Eugene, Oregon
- Studied in 1997
Video
- Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method by Ted Wong and Richard Bustillo