Less than 7 Degrees of Separation between Me and Bruce Lee

So I've got the day off and I'm sitting in my home office, broken toe elevated, watching old interviews with Martial Arts greats from my past.

I love to think of my connection to martial arts in these terms.  There are only 1-2 degrees of separation between me and Bruce Lee in my training.

I have two connections to Bruce Lee:

1. My Arnis Master was Grand Master Norlito Soriano Sr. who came to the U.S. in the 60's with Dan Inosanto. Dan is the only Jeet Kune Do instructor certified by Bruce Lee himself.  Of course they were close friends.

2. Ed Parker (Kenpo) - I trained under Bill Miller who was a direct deciple of Ed Parker. I had the opportunity to meet Ed Parker a couple of time and attend Kenpo clinics with them. Ed Parker was good friends and room mates with Bruce Lee back in the 60's in SoCal when Bruce first came to the US.

Here are two good interview with Dan Inosanto about Bruce Lee