In 1966 Bruce Lee started work on compiling information about his Jeet Kune Do system of fighting. It was to cover his philosophy, fighting methods and training. At some point Lee decided he did not want to publish this information because he did not want other martial arts instructors to use the information to promote themselves. Supposedly some instructors had already tried to use Bruce's name in order to promote their business.
After Bruce died his widow Linda contacted Mitoshi Uyehara, who was the founder and owner of "Black Belt Magazine" to help in compiling all of Bruce's info into a book. Bruce had contributed some articles to the magazine and he and Uyehara had become friends. Uyehara helped compile all the information Bruce had worked so it could be used for publication.
The book that derived from Lee's info was called "Bruce Lee's Fighting Methods" and was available in 1978. The publication contained 4 volumes; Self-Defense Techniques, Basic Training, Skill in Techniques and Advanced Techniques. It was also available as a hardback book which contained all the volumes together.
In 2003 "Black Belt Magazine" re-released the hardback edition which had not been available since 1981. The book was updated with an introduction by Bruce's daughter Shannon and a new chapter called "Five Ways of Attack" by a first generation student of Bruce Lee named Ted Wong. Wong can be seen in many of the pictures found in "Bruce Lee's Fighting Method" which where taken about the time Bruce was compiling the information.
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