Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy
Based in Seattle, Washington, (USA) the Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy is a martial arts preservation group founded in 2018 by 5th ranked[1] Jun Fan Gung Fu [2] and Jeet Kune Do [3] instructors Abe Santos and Mike Hilow. Both are former students of the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute; a decades-old martial arts club [4] [1] [5] founded in Seattle in 1960 by Bruce Lee. [3] [6]
History
Santos and Hilow began their formal training in the early 90s at the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute (plaque image right). At that time the Institute operated out of the basement of an inner-city grocery store[5][4] owned by the Institute's head instructor, Taky Kimura. [6] [1] [2] [4] [5]
In April of 2001 Kimura appointed his son Andy as head instructor [4] [1]and moved the Institute to Woodinville, Washington [4]. Santos and Hilow stayed on in Woodinville as assistant instructors. [1] After a 15-year tenure in Woodinville, Santos and Hilow received three rankings from Kimura in the 3rd, 4th, [1] and 5th ranks.
In 2016, the Institute relocated their classes to Kirkland, Washington.
Formation
In March of 2018, the Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy was granted a non-profit charter (image right) by the state of Washington, shortly after, Lee’s widow, Linda Lee Cadwell issued a letter to the Academy addressing their efforts to further preserve her late husband’s teachings [3] (image right).
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Regards from the dragon- Seattle, page 2, 250, 253 (1st ed.). Empire Books. 2009. ISBN 978-1-933901--45-9. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Liitle, John (November 1, 2016). The tao of gung fu : a study in the way of Chinese martial art (First edition ed.). Tuttle Publishing. pp. Forward, Dedication. ISBN 9780804831109.CS1 maint: Extra text (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tao of Jeet Kune Do (Expanded ed.). Black Belt Books. 2011. ISBN 9780897502023. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Halpert, Oscar (March 4, 2008). "Student of Bruce Lee to make rare public appearance in Lynnwood" (Local People). The Everett Herald.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Gone But Not Forgotten -- Along His Highway To Fame, Bruce Lee Changed A Humble Seattle Grocer's Life". The Seattle Times (Northwest People). Richard Seven, The Seattle Times. 12 July 1998. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Polly, Matthew (June 5, 2018). Bruce Lee : a life (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition ed.). Simon and Schuster. pp. 97, 101, 133. ISBN 9781501187629.CS1 maint: Extra text (link) Search this book on
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