Who were some of Bruce Lee’s students?

Website design By BotEap.comDuring Bruce Lee’s time on the rise, he came into contact and befriended many people ranging from your average guy who may have been a student to the popular actors of the time. Bruce’s first student is Jessie Glover in Seattle, she trained with Lee for about 5 years, sometimes more than once a day, and is considered an authority on Lee’s training style.

Website design By BotEap.comWhen he began teaching his Jeet Kune Do style of martial arts, Lee only personally certified 4 people as instructors. These 4 are; James Yimm Lee, Ted Wong, Dan Inosanto, and Taky Kimura. Dan Inosanto has trained most of the Jeet Kune Do instructors after Bruce Lee’s death.

Website design By BotEap.comInosanto certified instructors for over 30 years, giving all of them direct lineage contact to Lee through him. Inosanto and Taky Kimura were allowed to teach only small groups of students after Lee’s death. Other Bruce Lee students included Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, and Mike Stone, who were already martial artists.

Website design By BotEap.comWe all know that Chuck Norris was Lee’s opponent in the movie Return of the Dragon in the famous coliseum fight. Norris was already an accomplished martial artist when he met Lee, having learned Tang Soo Do in Korea while in the Air Force and competing and teaching in the US.

Website design By BotEap.comActor James Coburn could be found hanging out with Lee and was one of his students. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a basketball star in the ABA and NBA, was a student and was in Bruce Lee’s Game of Death as the last of the characters Lee fought while climbing the pagoda. Steve McQueen brought his son to Bruce for martial arts instruction. Chuck Norris had also tutored his son.