Sid Campbell

Although the time Bruce Lee spent in Oakland, California, is often created as a mere footnote on his path to stardom,there years had a substantial impact on the martial artist and man he would become. After many years of research, authors Sid Campbell and Greglon Yimm Lee (son of James Yimm Lee) continue their fascinating, up-close description of Bruce Lee's early life.

The Dragon and the Tiger, Volume 2 takes up where Volume 1 left off, detailing Bruce Lee's departure from Seattle and his adventure-filed return to Oakland. We follow him as he comes to better know Gung-fu extraordinaire James Lee and his circle of martial arts friends. As Bruce discovers James's numerous talents-as an author, publisher, martial arts equipment inventor, herbal pharmacologist, bodybuilder, and phenomenal 'brick breaker'-he begins to make regular trips from Seattle to Oakland to learn from this exceptional man. Bruce Lee also begins teaching his Jun Fan Gung-fu and elements of chun to his newfound friend.

During Bruce Lee's visits to Oakland, James Lee introduces his young friend to the world of publihsing and publishes Bruce Lee's first book, Chinese Gung-fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense. This fusion of new friends, publishing knowledge, and martial arts techniques gives Bruce Lee fresh insights as to how he can market his own Gung-fu skills upon his return to Seattle.

Bruce Lee and James Yimm Lee were both highly opinionated free thinkers and when Bruce and his new bride Linda Emery Lee moved to Oakland and lived with James Lee's family, they began to share ideas, insights, philosophies, mutual friendship, camaraderie, and a deep respect for one another's special traits and talents. Although James was twenty years Bruce's senior, they forged a bond that was more like brothers than friends-young Greglon Lee even took to calling Bruce and Linda 'Uncle' and 'Aunt.' this rare friendship and further never-before-revealed details from the life of the young Bruce Lee unfold in The Dragon and the Tiger; Volume 2, a story the authors refer to as 'Fusion of Two Fighters.'

Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Robert Alsted
Introduction
Part One Fusion
A fond farewell to newfound friend
Bruce Lee returns to Seattle after meeting James Yimm Lee
Fusion of a newly formed friendship in Oakland
Bruce travels to Oakland for Thanksgiving
Bruce Lee meets Ed Parker and Ralph Castro in Oakland
Bruce Lee visits Ralph Castro's kenpo-karate school in San Francisco
Bruce Lee returns to Jackson Street in the city of his birth
James Lee receives his first wing chun lesson from Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee gets his first board-breaking lesson from James Yimm Lee
Bruce visits his friend Wally Jay in Alameda, CaliforniaPart Two Publication
James begins publishing Bruce Lee's Chinese Gung-fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense book in Oakland
Bruce spends his 22nd birthday in Oakland with James Yimm Lee
James Yimm Lee begins learning Bruce Lee's real martial arts philosophy
Bruce returns to Seattle after the Thanksgiving vacation in Oakland
Bruce returns to Seattle as a published author
About the authors… (meer)

Born in 1940 (the year of the dragon), Bruce Lee became one of the most infuuential martial artists of the twentieth century and redefined the action-adventure film genre. Even after his premature death at the age of thirty-two, Lee continues to inspire fans around the world.

Despite his fame, little has been known about much of Lee's life. The Dragon and the Tiger explores the intense, formatve period during which Lee developed his revoutionary martial arts style with his close friend and training partner, James Yimm Lee, in Oakland, California. James was a Bruce Lee's mentor and host, sharing his home with the ambitious youth and his new bride, Linda Emery. James's son, author Graglon Lee, grew up in this dynamic household and shares intimate memories, personal letters, and family photos. He vividly describes endless workout sessions that were the cornerstones of the training philosophy the young master eventually created. Using traditional techniques as a foundation for free-form individual expression, Lee codified these principles into his own fighting cocept: Jeet Kune Do, 'The way of the intercepting fist.'

The first book in a new series presents little known facts and previously unpublished photos of Bruce Lee's early life. Born Lee Jun Fan in San Francisco, Lee became a successful child actor in Hong Kong but had yet to find his calling as an adult. In his late teens, he returned to America and began a journey that took him from New York to Seattle, where he first introduced his brand of Chinese Gung-fu, to Oakland, where he met and befriended James Yimm Lee.

Through this unique biography of the legendary martial artist, a new generation of readers will learn how Bruce Lee and his closest collaborator, James Yimm Lee, lived his philosophy during 'The Oakland Years.'

Sid Campbell of Oakland, California, is founding president of the World Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do & Kobudo Association, and helped introduce the art of karate to the Western world. Ranked as a 9th dan, Campbell has taught over 15,000 students, helped award 800 black belts, and supervises over 48 schools around the world.

Graglon Yimm Lee is a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do, a promoter of civic functions, and a co-producer of martial arts instructional videotapes. Lee is an active member of the JKD world and resides in Berkeley, California.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
The dragon's rowdy beginning
The tiger's humble beginning
Chapter One: The beginning
Bruce Lee returns to America
Bruce enters the world of the praying mantis
Bruce Lee discovers new forms of training equipment
Chapter Two James Yimm Lee
Life in Oakland
James begins a writing career in earnest
The East wind modern kung fu karate club
A martial arts kwoon emerges
Chapter Three Bruce Lee's formative years
Life in Seattle
Return to training
Bruce Lee becomes a sifu
A developing romance
Experimentation
Bruce Lee sets up formal lesons
Relationship troubles
Bruce Lee gets his driver's license and high school diploma
Bruce's wing chun classes continue to develop
Bruce registers at the University of Washington
Bruce open's his first kwoon in Seattle's chinatown
A challenge
Life goes on
Bruce Lee discovers his niche in philosophy
New equipment
Bruce Lee meets Wally Jay
Bruce Lee meets Allen Joe
Bruce and James make telephone contact
Bruce Lee drives to Oakland
Bruce Lee meets James Yimm Lee… (meer)

The blinding blur of the deadly balisong in motion. Its whirlwind lethality can be yours when you step onto the path of the Filippino knife fighter. And here, three experts have combined their knowledge of the balisong, martial arts and self-defense to take you step by step through the exacting training. Start with the basics of concealing, drawing, flipping and gripping the balisong; proceed to checking and rolling techniqes, and then the four main phases of training-the seventeen angles of attack, ankla terradas, abaniko terradas and sinawali-which are first taught with sticks. Also incuded are sections on using the balisong as a fist load, knife defenses and tricks, and knife fighting in the streets with balisong defenses against a club, broken bottle, chain, larger knife and more. Now this book makes it possible to learn the art that has been perfected in the Philippines over the course of 400 years but which only recently made its exciting debut in the U.S.

Contents

About the authors
Acknkowledgments
1 Introduction
2 The balisong knife
3 Using the balishon as a fist load
4 Concealing the balisong
5 Gripping the balisong
6 Drawing the balisong
7 Flipping the balsiong
8 Fighting stances
9 Checking and knife rolling
10 Visayan knife slashing
11 Ankla Terradas
12 Pandol
13 Abaniko Terradas
14 Sinawali training
15 Defenses, combinations, and tricks
16 Knife fighting on the streets
17 The balisong, the law, and you
18 Conclusion
Glossary… (meer)

The ninja clans of feudal Japan were renowned for their vast arsenals of exotic weapons. whether on a mission of espionage, assassination, or open warfare, shinobe operatives had a number of devastating devices they could use to elude, silence, wound, or kill an enemy.

Now pioneering martial artist Sid Campbell presents an exhaustive illustrated guide to the traditional weapons of those mysterious shadow warriors. Exotic Weapons of the Ninja details the development and use of ninja sickles, staffs and canes, polearms, grapnels, maces, fistloads, spikes, swords, weighted chains, cleated weaponry, and firearms. This essential resource also closeley examines the four types of weapons-'invisible,' clawed, air-propelled, and pyrotechnic-that the ninja used so effectively to enhance their reputation as an elusive unpredictable, and even supernatural force.

A fascinating look into the world of these stealthy warriors though the tools they mastered so brilliantly, Exotic Weapons of the Ninja is a must-have for anyone interested in ninjutsu, martial arts weaponry, ancient Japanese history, or improvised weapons.

Karate pioneer Sid Campbell established his first school in Oakland, California, in 1967. He is a prolific author and accomplished film actor, stuntman, and fight choreographer.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter One Sickle weaponry
Chapter Two Staff and cane weaponry
Chapter Three Polearm weaponry
Chapter Four Fixed and articlulated staff weaonry
Chapter Five Grapnel weaponry
Chapter Six Mace weaponry
Chapter Seven Fistload weaponry
Chapter Eight Invisibility weaponry
Chapter Nine Spike weaponry
Chapter Ten Ceated weaponry
Chapter Eleven Clawed weaponry
Chapter Twelve synthesized weaponry
Chapter Thirteen Sword weaponry
Chapter Fourteen Weighted chain weaponry
Chapter Fifteen The ninja shuriken
Chapter Sixteen Air-propelled weaponry
Chapter Seventeen Pyrotechnic weaponry
Chapter Eighteen Firearm weaponry… (meer)