Bruce Lee

Bruce "Jun Fan" Lee is the founder of Jeet Kune Do or "The Way of the Intercepting Fist". It was named for the concept of interception or attacking while one's opponent is about to attack. Bruce believed that marial art styles had become too rigid and unrealistic and that combat should evolve and is spontaneous. He taught that a good martial artist should "be like water" and move fluidly without hesitation. He described Jeet Kune Do as "training and discipline toward the ultimate reality in combat. The ultimate reality is the returning to one’s primary freedom, which is simple, direct and non-classical."      
Jeet Kune Do has four guiding principles:
          -Simplicity
          -Economy of motion
          -Longest weapon to the nearest target
          -Always thinking of hitting

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Jerry Poteet

Branded by the Inside Kung Fu magazine editor, “the greatest Jeet Kune Do instructor in the world,” original Bruce Lee student Jerry Poteet is known by many as “the conscience" and "the source" of Jeet Kune Do training. He was fortunate enough to be chosen as the second student admitted to Bruce Lee’s Chinatown School in Los Angeles, CA. He was also selected to be in a “closed door” group of five students, who trained with Bruce Lee twice a week. Since his teacher’s premature passing, Jerry has stood firm, refusing to water down the art that had such an enormous impact in his life. The last years of Sifu Jerry's life were dedicated to preserving and refining the precious legacy of Jeet Kune Do. His students are noted for amazing skills, all attributable to Jerry's unique teaching method and curriculum. Sifu Jerry's legacy is kept alive by protege Sifu Fran Poteet Joseph through the Jerry Poteet Jeet Kune Do Association.

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Todd Garrison

Sifu Todd Garrison has been studying martial arts for over 25 years and is the Owner/Head instructor of Shakeh Martial Arts Systems. He actively instructs Defensive Tactics to the public, law enforcement, and Corrections personnel in hand to hand combatives, edged weapon, and tactical ground defense. Although Mr. Garrison has earned Black Belt or instructor rankings in other disciplines through notable instructors, his passion has always been the art and philosophy of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. Mr. Garrison sought out and was trained by Sifu Jerry Poteet and is one of the last 2nd generation JKD instructors personally certified by Sifu Jerry before his passing in 2012. He is a proud member of the Jerry Poteet Jeet Kune Do Association and is committed in preserving the art of Jeet Kune Do as taught by Sifu Jerry Poteet. Other notable awards and certifications include:
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          - 2nd Generation Jeet Kune Do Full Instructor 
          - Black Belt and system inheritor of Shakeh Martial Arts Systems 
          - Kali / Escrima Black Belt
          - Gracie Survival Tactics Certified Instructor
          - Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Defensive Tactics Instructor
          - Iowa Department of Corrections Defensive Tactics Master Instructor
          - Iowa Department of Corrections Firearms Instructor
          - Iowa Department of Corrections Assistant CERT Commander
          - 1996 Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee (Achievement of the Year)
          - 1998 Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee (Master Instructor of the Year)     

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