Bøger af Paul Bax

Some knew him as a friend... Some knew him as a teacher. Others simply knew him as an acquaintance. Whatever the capacity of ones relationship with Jesse Glover, you respected him as a man and a martial artist. When I began to appreciate the legacy of Bruce Lee and his art of Jeet Kune Do, I was always intrigued by the story of Bruce Lee's first friend and student in America. My studies of the "little dragon" first started in the mid-80's after I watched the movie, "The Big Boss". Initially Bruce Lee turned me off. In my limited view at the time, I felt besieged by article after article about a Chinese movie star in the various martial arts magazines. After viewing this movie, Lee's popularity began to make sense. However, that was just the tip of the iceberg. Behind the movie icon was more than a man who appeared to be a skillful martial artist. Bruce Lee was the walking definition of a warrior. Every great man has a best friend. A guide. A confidant. Jesse Glover was not only Bruce Lee's first student; he was also all of the above when Lee first arrived in America. Their relationship was truly one of Yin and Yang, in that both gave each other something the other did not previously have. While Jesse was already an accomplished Judo man, he had little knowledge of the striking arts, which Lee could perform effortlessly. In return, Glover (along with most of the core Seattle group) enlightened Bruce on improving his confidence in public speaking, his mannerisms and to some extent, the foundation of Lee's art of Jeet Kune Do.Born on October 16th, 1934, Jesse Glover first met Bruce Lee as a student in Seattle, Washington. Bruce had to take some classes before he could enter college so they originally met through Edison Technical School (which is now Seattle Central Community College). From then on, the two were inseparable until around 1962. They were still friends, however their training had ended and both went on with their lives, made new buddies and were set on completely different courses for their future lives. They would continue to be social up until around 1965, when Jesse met with Bruce in Seattle during Brandon Lee's birthday party. Flash forward eight years: Bruce Lee had starred in a ground breaking television series called, "The Green Hornet", had opened and closed three martial arts schools, taught multiple Hollywood celebrities including James Coburn, Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin, coached three world Karate champions that included Mike Stone, Joe Lewis and the future action hero, Chuck Norris. And finally, Bruce Lee nearly single handedly invented a new genre of martial arts films. Meanwhile, Jesse Glover became a father to two daughters and began to blaze a mutually impressive, yet low key existence himself. Mr. Glover wrote, a now classic and hard to find book, "Bruce Lee: Between Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do" and followed that book up with, "Bruce Lee's Non-Classical Gung Fu and "Non-Classical Gung Fu" (all self-published). He continued to teach a small group of students which eventually became a larger group. Jesse soon became a sought after seminar instructor around the world and produced some very popular and now hard to find videos on his fighting art. He became an advisor to the now defunct, Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus and was a guest speaker at many of their events. In 2008 and 2009, he taught with Ted Wong (Bruce Lee's last private student) for the now legendary, "Disciples of the Dragon Seminar: First Student/Last Student" in St. Louis, Missouri. Jesse continued to teach seminars through out the world in addition to his instruction of his small group of students in his hometown of Seattle. In 2012, Jesse Glover passed away due after a long battle with cancer. His wisdom and knowledge continue to live on through his written words like those you are about to read from his 8 years of sharing his thoughts on my forum, The JKD Brotherhood.

Steve Golden was one of Bruce Lee's students at the Los Angeles Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. Golden attended private group sessions with Bruce Lee at his home with other students such as Pete Jacobs, Bob Bremer, Jerry Poteet and Dan Lee. Golden went on to create his own method that he calls "Twin Dragons" which draws from all of his training, including his Kenpo with the late Ed Parker. Mr. Golden graced the wildly popular forum, The JKD Brotherhood hosted by world renowned Bruce Lee historian and JKD practitioner, Paul Bax. This book is a compilation of Mr. Golden's comments on the forum from 2005 to 2014 along with two rare interviews that Mr. Golden conducted. The book also includes some rare pictures and documents from the authors archives that Bruce Lee fans will find both insightful and entertaining in their quest for more knowledge into the legendary, Steve Golden.

Disciples of the Dragon: Deluxe Edition is a book that contains various interviews with the students of the late martial arts icon, Bruce Lee. In this updated DELUXE version, new and exciting interviews are included with Bruce Lee students, Allen Joe, George Lee, Jon Craig as well as new chapters on students such as Larry Hartsell, Dan Lee and Herb Jackson. This book contains many rare pictures and personal letters to the author from the various students included in the book. Never before seen photos are included! All interviewees: Taky Kimura, Jesse Glover, Skip Ellsworth, Ed Hart, Doug Palmer, Joe Cowles, Jon Craig, Pat Strong (two interviews) James DeMile, Howard Williams (two interviews), Gary Canaagan, Leo Fong, Steve Golden, Bill Bremer, Bob Bremer, Bob Wall, Richard Bustillo, George Dillman, Ted Wong (two interviews) and Joe Lewis.Close to 400 pages of Bruce Lee paradise!

Disciples of the DragonDuring Bruce Lee's short and climatic life, he touched the hearts of many people. Besides his fans, who span across the globe, he left behind many students who are thankful for meeting the martial arts legend whom we have come to know as, "The Little Dragon". In Disciples of the Dragon, Paul Bax has sought out and interviewed Lee's most famous and obscure students for this ground breaking book. With a foreword by Lee's student Leo Fong and countless interviews with Lee's original students, Disciples of the Dragon is an interesting and thought provoking book on the life and legend of Bruce Lee.

Descendents of the DragonBruce Lee's art of Jeet Kune Do has ridden the waves of controversy since his death in 1973. From the backyard of Dan Inosanto to the magazine pages of Black Belt and Inside Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do has become many things to different people. From its early days of being known as Jun Fan Gung Fu to its later incarnation as 'Jeet Kune Do' and then 'JKD Concepts', 'JKD Strategies', 'Combative JKD' and 'Original JKD' (to mention a few) the art has continued to thrive under several different original Lee students. As time marches on and these "pointers to the truth" eventually retire or unfortunately pass on, the world of JKD is left with their students, who have become known as "Second Generation Instructors of Jeet Kune Do." Many of these second generation instructors have had the privilege of training with several of Lee's students rather then merely obtaining one perspective on Lee's art while a select few have chosen the path of solidarity and remain under the guidance of only one instructor of JKD. This book, Descendents of the Dragon, seeks to explore and promote the future generation of Jeet Kune Do instructors and also include instructors from the various off springs of Jeet Kune Do such as Jesse Glover's Non-Classical Gung Fu, Joe Cowles' Wu-Wei Gung Fu and James DeMile's, Wing Chun Do. As a historian of Bruce Lee's art and the life of Bruce Lee, I have chosen practitioners to interview that I feel best represent the aforementioned arts and the current state of Jeet Kune Do.