This article is intended as a quick - but not necessarily complete - short history of the development of Jeet Kune Do.  It is a guide to those who know little about the history - there are many books and articles written in more detail available for those interested.  Please see the reading list on the links page on this website. Jun Fan Gung Fu is the martial art developed by Bruce Lee during his lifetime.  Jeet Kune Do is a vehicle of discovery which utilizes Jun Fan Gung Fu to experience the concepts and philosophies of Jeet Kune Do.  However any attempt to describe Jun Fan and Jeet Kune Do is fraught with problems, personal interpretation and more often than not exposes the author of such a description to criticism.  The reality is that SiGung Bruce Lee was constantly developing and changing and personally evolving, therefore so was the art and philosophy undergoing the same rate of change over the years.   Bruce Lee said "  Jeet Kune Do is name - don't fuss over it"  and, like his student Dan Inosanto, believed that the man is far more important than any established system or style.     This is why many describe the difference between Sifu Taky Kimura in Seattle and Sifu Ted Wong in Los Angeles as being so astounding.  Both trained by the same man - yet to the casual observer their methods seem quite different.  I say 'to the casual observer' quite deliberately.  Jesse Glover - whilst sharing a seminar session with Sifu Ted Wong in Amsterdam in 2001 - made the comment to a few of us present that he felt Bruce Lee had not really changed all that much in what he taught.  By that I assume he meant the principles of centerline etc. Jun Fan Gung Fu takes the name of its founder  - Lee "Bruce' Jun Fan.  It is based on the core principles of Wing Chun learnt in Hong Kong under the Tutelage of Sifu Yip Man in the 1950's.  There is also some discussion that Bruce Lee also learnt much from class seniors Wong Shun Leung and William Cheung - in all probability in the same manner that any student would have learnt from their class seniors.  Although the basis of Jun Fan Gung Fu is certainly Wing Chun - it is well known that Bruce Lee also practiced and competed in boxing as a schoolboy and experienced Tai Chi through his father and his father's friends.  Also Guro Dan Inosanto has commented on occasion that Bruce Lee went to learn what he could from other systems.  Guro Dan described Bruce Lee as knowing that he would not be taught by the senior of another system - so he would offer to exchange knowledge with the second or third ranking student of that system.  So it is reasonable to assume that the art taught in Seattle to Jesse Glover, Taky Kimura, Jim DeMille and others was already experiencing change and modification.  Sifu Taky Kimura told me in an interview that Bruce Lee had already incorporated a rightlead stance before he left for Oakland (Wing Chun is usually practiced in a left lead)- evidence of evolvement and change. Bruce Lee moved to Oakland in?shy;?shy;.. and lived with his friend and student James Yimm Lee.  It was there that Bruce Lee also made friends with George Lee and Allen Joe.  Bruce lee was heavily criticised in Oakland by the established Gung Fu teachers in the area for teaching non-Chinese.  It was here that he won his famous challenge e match with Wong Jak Man for the right to teach whoever he wanted, however he wanted.  Although Bruce Lee won this match - he felt particularly fatigued and vowed to make physical fitness and conditioning a priority in his training.  His friend Allen Joe was a competitive Body Builder and is said to have been very helpful to Bruce Lee during this change in his training philosophy. Bruce Lee's first exposure to the martial arts scene of Los Angeles was as a result of being introduced to Kenpo Karate instructor Edmund Parker - I believe the introduction was by James Lee.  Parker invited Lee to demonstrate his art at the Long Beach Competition organized by Parker.  Bruce Lee met Dan Inosanto here as Parker asked Inosanto to be the host for Bruce Lee during this visit.  Later Taky Kimura - who had been assisting Bruce Lee until this point - had to return to Seattle, Inosanto became the assistant in a deal struck for the exchange of martial arts lessons.  Later when Bruce Lee moved to Los Angeles Dan Inosantotrained with him and other students like Tony Hum?shy;.. and eventually encouraged Bruce Lee to open a school.  Many of Dan Inosanto's classmates at Ed Parker's school came over to train at the new College Street school - although Dan Inosanto juggled a grueling schedule of teaching for both men for a few years longer. Eventually Bruce lee handed over the bulk of his College Street teaching responsibilities to Dan Inosanto.  He then also invited several students to train privately at the Lee home - these included Ted Wong, Dan Inosanto, Larry Hartsell, Herb Jackson, Richard Bustillo, Jerry Poteet etc. The name Jeet Kune Do arose as the result of a conversation between Dan Inosanto and Bruce Lee during a car journey.  Bruce Lee was discussing the use of interception and stop hits in fencing.  Dan asked Bruce what that would be in Cantonese - The Way of the Intercepting Fist - Jeet Kune Do - was born and the rest as they say is history.