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Tale of Tim Tackett, Part 2: Interview With One of Jeet Kune Do's Most Respected Teachers

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Interested in the first half of this electric conversation? Part 1 of our exclusive Q&A with Tim Tackett can be found here!


In your experience, what is holding back the growth of jeet kune do in the greater martial arts community?

Judging from the popularity of Bruce Lee, JKD should be the most popular art in the world. Bob Bremer and I once did a seminar for about 50 people. I asked Bob privately how many JKD guys were in the room. He said, "Three." I said, "Maybe four." And that’s about what it was. We taught the straight lead punch.

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