Number One: Reflections of Jesse Glover, Bruce Lee's First

Number One: Reflections of Jesse Glover, Bruce Lee's First student

Some knew him as a friendâ€¦ Some knew him as a teacher. Others simply knew him as an acquaintance. Whatever the capacity of ones relationship with Jesse Glover, you respected him as a man and a martial artist. When I began to appreciate the legacy of Bruce Lee and his art of Jeet Kune Do, I was always intrigued by the story of Bruce Leeâ€™s first friend and student in America. My studies of the â€œlittle dragonâ€ first started in the mid-80â€™s after I watched the movie, â€œThe Big Bossâ€. Initially Bruce Lee turned me off. In my limited view at the time, I felt besieged by article after article about a Chinese movie star in the various martial arts magazines. After viewing this movie, Leeâ€™s popularity began to make sense. However, that was just the tip of the iceberg. Behind the movie icon was more than a man who appeared to be a skillful martial artist. Bruce Lee was the walking definition of a warrior. Every great man has a best friend. A guide. A confidant. Jesse Glover was not only Bruce Leeâ€™s first student; he was also all of the above when Lee first arrived in America. Their relationship was truly one of Yin and Yang, in that both gave each other something the other did not previously have. While Jesse was already an accomplished Judo man, he had little knowledge of the striking arts, which Lee could perform effortlessly. In return, Glover (along with most of the core Seattle group) enlightened Bruce on improving his confidence in public speaking, his mannerisms and to some extent, the foundation of Leeâ€™s art of Jeet Kune Do. Born on October 16th, 1934, Jesse Glover first met Bruce Lee as a student in Seattle, Washington. Bruce had to take some classes before he could enter college so they originally met through Edison Technical School (which is now Seattle Central Community College). From then on, the two were inseparable until around 1962. They were still friends, however their training had ended and both went on with their lives, made new buddies and were set on completely different courses for their future lives. They would continue to be social up until around 1965, when Jesse met with Bruce in Seattle during Brandon Leeâ€™s birthday party. Flash forward eight years: Bruce Lee had starred in a ground breaking television series called, â€œThe Green Hornetâ€, had opened and closed three martial arts schools, taught multiple Hollywood celebrities including James Coburn, Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin, coached three world Karate champions that included Mike Stone, Joe Lewis and the future action hero, Chuck Norris. And finally, Bruce Lee nearly single handedly invented a new genre of martial arts films. Meanwhile, Jesse Glover became a father to two daughters and began to blaze a mutually impressive, yet low key existence himself. Mr. Glover wrote, a now classic and hard to find book, â€œBruce Lee: Between Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Doâ€ and followed that book up with, â€œBruce Lee's Non-Classical Gung Fu and â€œNon-Classical Gung Fuâ€ (all self-published). He continued to teach a small group of students which eventually became a larger group. Jesse soon became a sought after seminar instructor around the world and produced some very popular and now hard to find videos on his fighting art. He became an advisor to the now defunct, Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus and was a guest speaker at many of their events. In 2008 and 2009, he taught with Ted Wong (Bruce Leeâ€™s last private student) for the now legendary, â€œDisciples of the Dragon Seminar: First Student/Last Studentâ€ in St. Louis, Missouri. Jesse continued to teach seminars through out the world in addition to his instruction of his small group of students in his hometown of Seattle. In 2012, Jesse Glover passed away due after a long battle with cancer. His wisdom and knowledge continue to live on through his written words like those you are about to read from his 8 years of sharing his thoughts on my forum, The JKD Brotherhood.
Country USA
Brand CREATESPACE
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781522776406
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781522776406
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Number One: Reflections of Jesse Glover, Bruce Lee's First student

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