I was 24 years old when Bruce Lee died that july 20, 1973. I was watching the ABC channel 7 news in Chicago that Saturday evening. It was breaking news.
I am going on 72 pretty soon. When I was in my early 20's, I got caught up in the drug culture. I was seriously wasting myself and my education. After seeing my 1st Bruce Lee movie, I decided then and there to straighten myself out. He was a tremendous inspiration for me and I have been clean ever since ... still working out to this day. I mostly do weight training with about 3 days of heavy bag training. I owe the better me and my better life to Bruce Lee. I studied at the Filipino Kali Academy on Normandie when I was young. If I remember right it was in Harbour City CA. Dan Inosanto, Jeff Imada, Richard Bustillo (RIP) and Jerry Poteet (RIP) where all great people. Miss that place. Unfortunately we did not have cell phones with cameras back then so most everything is just a memory for me. But Great Memories :)!
@@jquest43 I think it was around 74 or 75. They still had Bruce's 300 lb Heavy Bag hanging there. We were training in Kali, Arnis, Escrima & JKD. I don't remember a lot of it any more.
Bruce Lee was the Master of all masters. He was best of the best spiritual and physical! Be like water my friends. I miss Bruce Lee forever. He was my inspiration, hero and still in my family's hearts 🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉
Jeff Imada holds Bruce in such reverence. Clearly stating him as an influence in his work. Jeff did the original gun kata tape (trapping with guns) that they used for Equilibrium with Christian Bale. I was at a seminar of Jeff's. He was so humble and talked about a big production he was stunt coordinating, (Fast and Furious movie of that year).... he talked about it like it was a normal job haha. He keeps Bruce's spirit alive in his work.
Yeah he shared that at the seminar. He mentioned he developed it for the director, he mentioned recording a camcorder tape, but due to scheduling he wasn't able to be the stunt coordinator on it as planned. The director and stunt coordinator probably used the tape as reference.
Jeff was there when Brandon Lee was shot and he tended to him until the ambulance arrived. Truly a shocking a thing he's had to deal with and poor Michael Massee (RIP) who pulled the trigger , almost never acted again after that day. I've seen Jeff in many films since the 80's , a true veteran of the industry and a great martial artist.
First time i saw Bruce use the nunchaku i thought he invented the weapon just about every kid in my hood had a pair of handmade chucks. Mine were made of fiberglass. Bruce also influenced fashion in the hood.Back in the day lots of dudes and girls were sporting chinese slippers.A lot of dudes were sporting Chinese jackets and kung fu pants also.
BRUCE LEE , MOVIES , MOTIVATED ME TO TRIN IN MARTIAL ARTS TRU THE YEARS !!!! . BECAUSE I AM A SHORT GUY AND HATED TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF . !!!! . DID 25-YEARS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER & AGENT . AND USED MY FIGHTING SKILLS , TO WIN MANY SITUATIONS. !!! . ALL THANKS 🙏🏾 TO JKD SKILLS. !'!! . & BRUCE LEE.!!! .😎😳😱💖👍🍷..THANK U FOR THE MEMORIES.😢💔👍...
AGENT X SECURITY that’s good you used it and were able to protect yourself, people tent to use there height as an advantage even though they have no skills.
Aside from having both of Jeff's balisong manuals from the 80s, for me, the most memorable part of Jeff's career is the opening airport abduction-scene in Big Trouble in Little China, where his character produces a telescoping baton and a balisong in a little espada y daga-esque display.
Legendary fight choreographer - he's describing what is basically the "kaizen" mindset of Bruce Lee which lives on today in MMA. Kaizen is a Japanese word which means "Constantly improving" or "Change for good", and also includes "inspect and adapt." As Jeff explains, this is a way of life, not just for martial arts, it is more of a philosophy really.
Hey man, I like the way you talks? What are you, Nationality? I wishes i can be director for you to be Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat in the Movies maker!
Very possible, he has been in many movies. He was one of the thugs in the airport in big trouble in little China and he did choreography for the Bourne movies.
Bruce was about "realism"...mostly...and a definite far cry from the garbage from HK films (which is still being done...hyper unrealistic...overdone...too many moves). But even in Bruce's films...while at the time closer to being realistic he did over do it too....like in the scenes in Enter The Dragon when he's battling Han's guards underground...he hits this skinny old guy maybe 10+ times with two Kali sticks...when 1 clean blow would have sufficed...same with the famous nunchaku scene by the acid bath area where he takes a niunchuck from a guard who stands frozen while Bruce does his moves then hits the guard who knows how many times...again unnecessary...1-2 hits would have done the job. In a real situation. And no blood :P Bruce being cut by Han's "knife hand"...how did he only get superficial wounds? And not deep cuts opening up his stomach...having his guys pour out and bleed out in seconds? Why didn't Han stab him? :) Han was a Shaolin monk too. Odd they didn't get an elite martial artist to play Han. The actor I doubt was a martial artist at all. I think he was 60 when they made the film or older. Fist of Fury...one man against a school?? Don't think so. No matter how good any one is. :) Then he picks up two JP guys like rag dolls. They WERE dolls. :) Will always be a fan. But his films had holes. I expected more decades later having "grown up" since watching as a kid his movies for the first time. I was WOWED too then. Never questioned what I saw then.
Yeah. But Man you gotta remember it's a movie.if he had done it the way you are saying, it wouldn't have been as great as it was. I mean he didn't fight like that in real life. Your mistaking martial arts Cinema, with real martial arts.
Anderson C The actor who played Han *was* a martial artist; He was an instructor at the Chin Woo Athletic Association in Shanghai before he became an actor. As for the "realism" of BL's films, they were *films* -not instructional videos. FFS, do you really think you can carve wooden darts out of a random chunk of wood, and effectively throw them into exact human targets 25 ft. away, like in Way of The Dragon/Return of The Dragon?, or, pick a rickshaw up from the handles with (or even without) a grown-ass man sitting in the seat at the other end, like in Fist of Fury/Chinese Connection?
I was 24 years old when Bruce Lee died that july 20, 1973. I was watching the ABC channel 7 news in Chicago that Saturday evening. It was breaking news.
I am going on 72 pretty soon. When I was in my early 20's, I got caught up in the drug culture. I was seriously wasting myself and my education. After seeing my 1st Bruce Lee movie, I decided then and there to straighten myself out. He was a tremendous inspiration for me and I have been clean ever since ... still working out to this day. I mostly do weight training with about 3 days of heavy bag training. I owe the better me and my better life to Bruce Lee. I studied at the Filipino Kali Academy on Normandie when I was young. If I remember right it was in Harbour City CA. Dan Inosanto, Jeff Imada, Richard Bustillo (RIP) and Jerry Poteet (RIP) where all great people. Miss that place. Unfortunately we did not have cell phones with cameras back then so most everything is just a memory for me. But Great Memories :)!
Thanks for the great story
What year were you at the fka?
I was there 78
@@jquest43 I think it was around 74 or 75. They still had Bruce's 300 lb Heavy Bag hanging there. We were training in Kali, Arnis, Escrima & JKD. I don't remember a lot of it any more.
Man, you are ripped af for a 72-year old! Respect!
@@davidletterboyz Thanks! I owe it to Bruce Lee and his inspiration :)!
Bruce Lee was the Master of all masters. He was best of the best spiritual and physical! Be like water my friends.
I miss Bruce Lee forever. He was my inspiration, hero and still in my family's hearts 🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉🌷🐉
are u American teacher ...
@@basemali847 he is a Master Baiter,quest for his knowledge,and if lucky,it will rub off on you.
@@jquest43 sorry my English not good enough.I used google..ur sentence not clear..need explaining
are u master in martial arts..u look American
Rapid Fire is one of my favorite movies. The fight choreography is so exciting to watch.
Cant get enough of bruce . He was fine tuning every step of his life . He die 5 years after i was born .
Bruce is alive.
Send me a message if you want to know more
Jeff Imada holds Bruce in such reverence. Clearly stating him as an influence in his work. Jeff did the original gun kata tape (trapping with guns) that they used for Equilibrium with Christian Bale.
I was at a seminar of Jeff's. He was so humble and talked about a big production he was stunt coordinating, (Fast and Furious movie of that year).... he talked about it like it was a normal job haha.
He keeps Bruce's spirit alive in his work.
Thanks for the info. I didnt know he worked onthe gun kata in Equilibrium, but it makes sense thinking about it.
Yeah he shared that at the seminar. He mentioned he developed it for the director, he mentioned recording a camcorder tape, but due to scheduling he wasn't able to be the stunt coordinator on it as planned. The director and stunt coordinator probably used the tape as reference.
Great men, Dan Inosanto and Jeff Imada.
Jeff was there when Brandon Lee was shot and he tended to him until the ambulance arrived. Truly a shocking a thing he's had to deal with and poor Michael Massee (RIP) who pulled the trigger , almost never acted again after that day. I've seen Jeff in many films since the 80's , a true veteran of the industry and a great martial artist.
Are you aware that michio kaku is Bruce Lee?
Jeff Imada and Al Leong are the G.O.A.T. of henchmen in action movies👍🏿💯
Don't forget James Lew and Leo Lee
I liked Bruce Lee and Jeff Imada.
One of the Greatest Martial Artists And Stunt Choreography of our Time 💪❤️🙏
First time i saw Bruce use the nunchaku i thought he invented the weapon
just about every kid in my hood had a pair of handmade chucks. Mine were made of fiberglass.
Bruce also influenced fashion in the hood.Back in the day lots of dudes and girls were sporting chinese slippers.A lot of dudes were sporting Chinese jackets and kung fu pants also.
BRUCE LEE , MOVIES , MOTIVATED ME TO TRIN IN MARTIAL ARTS TRU THE YEARS !!!! . BECAUSE I AM A SHORT GUY AND HATED TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF . !!!! . DID 25-YEARS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER & AGENT . AND USED MY FIGHTING SKILLS , TO WIN MANY SITUATIONS. !!! . ALL THANKS 🙏🏾 TO JKD SKILLS. !'!! . & BRUCE LEE.!!! .😎😳😱💖👍🍷..THANK U FOR THE MEMORIES.😢💔👍...
AGENT X SECURITY that’s good you used it and were able to protect yourself, people tent to use there height as an advantage even though they have no skills.
ur photo look woman photo...are u man or female..greetings
@@basemali847 he is she..seek not the ballsack,nor the boobsuck..quest for knowledge then all will be given to you.
@@jquest43 ok...are u American
Great video & interview! Thanks for posting!
The "Bourne Supremacy" fight scene with Matt Damon is so epic, thanks Jeff!
I thought growing up, that the word "Grace" was only meant for woman...now I know better! Great Videos 👏👏👏👍
Aside from having both of Jeff's balisong manuals from the 80s, for me, the most memorable part of Jeff's career is the opening airport abduction-scene in Big Trouble in Little China, where his character produces a telescoping baton and a balisong in a little espada y daga-esque display.
One of the greatest stuntman of all time! I love how he choreographed the fights in his films especially They Live!
One of the greatest fight scenes in movie history.
Thanks very much for sharing
Jeff Imada is a cool dude.
Legendary fight choreographer - he's describing what is basically the "kaizen" mindset of Bruce Lee which lives on today in MMA. Kaizen is a Japanese word which means "Constantly improving" or "Change for good", and also includes "inspect and adapt." As Jeff explains, this is a way of life, not just for martial arts, it is more of a philosophy really.
He is 64! ..... He said 20 years ago "Ageing is annoying me, I won't get older. Point."
You gotta keep on flowing..
Your job was safe Brandon Lee. And you didn't do it!!
If there's a fight scene in a movie, there's a 99% chance Jeff Imada was involved somehow. This guy's resume is crazy.
The background music is annoying and distracting from what is being said. It doesn't even match the proper mood.
Miss jeff and especially Ted Lucay
Hey man, I like the way you talks? What are you, Nationality? I wishes i can be director for you to be Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat in the Movies maker!
Wasn't he one of the bad guys in Lethal Weapon 4 with Jet Li!??
Very possible, he has been in many movies. He was one of the thugs in the airport in big trouble in little China and he did choreography for the Bourne movies.
I'd take Jeff Imada in Big Trouble in Little China over Bruce Lee in anything.
He could never do what bruce did not even todays so called martial artists
Bruce was about "realism"...mostly...and a definite far cry from the garbage from HK films (which is still being done...hyper unrealistic...overdone...too many moves). But even in Bruce's films...while at the time closer to being realistic he did over do it too....like in the scenes in Enter The Dragon when he's battling Han's guards underground...he hits this skinny old guy maybe 10+ times with two Kali sticks...when 1 clean blow would have sufficed...same with the famous nunchaku scene by the acid bath area where he takes a niunchuck from a guard who stands frozen while Bruce does his moves then hits the guard who knows how many times...again unnecessary...1-2 hits would have done the job. In a real situation. And no blood :P
Bruce being cut by Han's "knife hand"...how did he only get superficial wounds? And not deep cuts opening up his stomach...having his guys pour out and bleed out in seconds? Why didn't Han stab him? :) Han was a Shaolin monk too. Odd they didn't get an elite martial artist to play Han. The actor I doubt was a martial artist at all. I think he was 60 when they made the film or older.
Fist of Fury...one man against a school?? Don't think so. No matter how good any one is. :) Then he picks up two JP guys like rag dolls. They WERE dolls. :)
Will always be a fan. But his films had holes. I expected more decades later having "grown up" since watching as a kid his movies for the first time. I was WOWED too then. Never questioned what I saw then.
movies are movies, cant be all realistic. grow up.
Yeah. But Man you gotta remember it's a movie.if he had done it the way you are saying, it wouldn't have been as great as it was. I mean he didn't fight like that in real life. Your mistaking martial arts Cinema, with real martial arts.
Anderson C
The actor who played Han *was* a martial artist; He was an instructor at the Chin Woo Athletic Association in Shanghai before he became an actor.
As for the "realism" of BL's films, they were *films* -not instructional videos.
FFS, do you really think you can carve wooden darts out of a random chunk of wood, and effectively throw them into exact human targets 25 ft. away, like in Way of The Dragon/Return of The Dragon?, or, pick a rickshaw up from the handles with (or even without) a grown-ass man sitting in the seat at the other end, like in Fist of Fury/Chinese Connection?