Bruce Lee Before He Was Famous (The Seattle Years)
Goldenbell
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In 1959, an 18-year-old kid got off a boat in Seattle with $100, a police blacklist behind him in Hong Kong, and no idea he'd become the most famous martial artist who ever lived.
Every Bruce Lee documentary rushes past Seattle. You get 90 seconds — he moved to America, he washed dishes, then he's in Oakland fighting Wong Jack Man. But the Bruce Lee who walked into a YMCA handball court in October 1960 was not the same person who arrived 14 months earlier. This is what happened in between.
Jesse Glover, the black judo champion who got rejected by every Japanese dojo in Seattle. Taki Kimura, an internment camp survivor who hadn't held his head up in 18 years. Yoichi Nakachi, a Shorin-ryu black belt who trained in secret in the mountains under American occupation — and who lasted 11 seconds.
This is the story of how Seattle built the man who would go on to build Jeet Kune Do.
Sources for this episode include Jesse Glover's own written account of the Seattle years, Bruce Lee's letters to Taki Kimura, and firsthand recollections from Ed Hart and Leroy Garcia.
Keep training, remember to breathe, and come back and holler at me on the next video.
#BruceLee #MartialArts #JeetKuneDo #KungFu #JesseGlover #BruceLeeHistory
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Chapters:
0:00 — 11 seconds
0:49 — Why everyone skips Seattle
2:41 — Ruby Chow's attic
6:24 — Jesse Glover
13:14 — Taki Kimura
14:47 — Fighter becomes teacher
20:53 — The stutter
24:05 — Yoichi Nakachi
30:16 — The challenge
36:51 — The handball court
39:35 — What nobody expected
43:38 — What actually changed him
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I really liked the Seattle period.
When bruce lee first told the story of this fight to my teacher, Jerry Poteet, Bruce simply said, "this karate guy challenged me, I knocked him out in a few seconds." More details came out over time, but I don't believe bruce ever mentioned the guy's name.
I walked chinatown and the outskirts of chinatown, with Linda Lee around the time the museum opened. We walked by a small restaurant where bruce once held a school. We also walked by this office type building where Bruce had rented a basement. Linda recalled Bruce, taking her down there and showing it off. She made a comment that there were no windows and Bruce's response was, " yeah but it sure beats washing dishes"
Bruce Lee Before He Was Famous (The Seattle Years)
Goldenbell
33,197 views
In 1959, an 18-year-old kid got off a boat in Seattle with $100, a police blacklist behind him in Hong Kong, and no idea he'd become the most famous martial artist who ever lived.
Every Bruce Lee documentary rushes past Seattle. You get 90 seconds — he moved to America, he washed dishes, then he's in Oakland fighting Wong Jack Man. But the Bruce Lee who walked into a YMCA handball court in October 1960 was not the same person who arrived 14 months earlier. This is what happened in between.
Jesse Glover, the black judo champion who got rejected by every Japanese dojo in Seattle. Taki Kimura, an internment camp survivor who hadn't held his head up in 18 years. Yoichi Nakachi, a Shorin-ryu black belt who trained in secret in the mountains under American occupation — and who lasted 11 seconds.
This is the story of how Seattle built the man who would go on to build Jeet Kune Do.
Sources for this episode include Jesse Glover's own written account of the Seattle years, Bruce Lee's letters to Taki Kimura, and firsthand recollections from Ed Hart and Leroy Garcia.
Keep training, remember to breathe, and come back and holler at me on the next video.
#BruceLee #MartialArts #JeetKuneDo #KungFu #JesseGlover #BruceLeeHistory
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Chapters:
0:00 — 11 seconds
0:49 — Why everyone skips Seattle
2:41 — Ruby Chow's attic
6:24 — Jesse Glover
13:14 — Taki Kimura
14:47 — Fighter becomes teacher
20:53 — The stutter
24:05 — Yoichi Nakachi
30:16 — The challenge
36:51 — The handball court
39:35 — What nobody expected
43:38 — What actually changed him
_________________________
Check out These Related Videos »»»
The Triads Marked Bruce Lee for Death (And Now We Know Why) → The Triads Marked Bruce Lee for Death (And...
The REAL Reason IP MAN Stopped Teaching BRUCE LEE → The REAL Reason IP MAN Stopped Teaching BR...
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The Triads Marked Bruce Lee for Death (And Now We Know Why) → https://youtu.be/KPIKtQ6Q67c
The REAL Reason IP MAN Stopped Teaching BRUCE LEE → https://youtu.be/Q3MJSQ7LJUI