Black Belt published a two-part article on Bruce Lee (Green Hornet's "Kato") in 1967. Black Belt received received a flood of letters “concerning him and his style of Chinese Gung Fu.” We reprint some of them here and, in cases applicable, Mr. Lee's replies to them.
Bruce Lee Talks Back
It has been over two years since I began taking classical Kung Fu. After reading your two articles in BLACK BELT, especially the second part, I started to really think. Our practice at the school consists of standing on the horse stance, practicing classical forms and doing the two mennset - or what your Jeet Kune Do would call pre-arranged rhythmic sparring.