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Carrying on Bruce Lee's Torch
Publish Date : 11/6/2004 10:18:00 AM Source : Culture and Community News
JKD Master Mark Stewart is coming to Singapore. Considered as practicing the purest form of JKD, he will be conducting a seminar at Kuen Culture, on 4th Dec 2004. He hopes to pass on Bruce Lee's JKD torch to the next generation.
JKD Master, Mark Stewart is coming to Singapore to pass on the Torch of Bruce Lee’s Art, Jeet Kune Do. An Art that captured the imagination on the silver screen and rocked the world of martial arts, Stewart will be shedding light on Bruce Lee mystified art and share the real secret behind the fist of fury. Considered by many as practicing the purest form of JKD, he will be conducting a seminar at Kuen Culture, a professional Wushu training centre, on 4th Dec 2004.
It has been more than 30years since the passing of the legendary little Dragon, Li Xiao Long. But there is still some one here in Asia that is carrying on his torch. Sifu Mark Stewart is a master of Bruce Lee’s JKD, acronyms for Jeet Kune Do. He is practicing the purest form of JKD as his lineage runs direct from the last protégé of Bruce Lee, Sifu Ted Wong. (An original student and board member of the Bruce Lee Foundation)
At the request of many martial art aficionados, he will be conducting a JKD seminar cum workshop on 4th December 2004 at Kuen Culture. Though JKD is widely popular in the West, it is an uncommon art practiced in the East and in Singapore. Sifu Stewart will be imparting authentic JKD framework and its indigenous training methods to participants. He hopes he can pass on the torch of Bruce Lee’s art to a new Asian generation.
Quotes: "JKD is built on its sound structure and super mobility. Like water, JKD chooses the path of least resistance. "Like a wave" water crashes (water fills the void) and water recedes (water creates the void). “Mark Stewart
"Coming to Tokyo to teach oriental skills developed on the US West Coast takes some chutzpah, but "that's the way Bruce Lee would have liked it," Mark says.”I come each year to give classes for a few weeks and everybody's welcome. They're open to all levels of fighters and I try to demonstrate and explain all the aspects of my art." “M. Jacobs, an recent interview with Sifu Stewart for Tokyo Classified
For additional information, contact: Sean Chia, Kuen Culture, mobile: 91711077
Bios: As head of International-JKD, Mark Stewart, formerly a Professor of Physical Education at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA. is based in Bangkok, Thailand, where he teaches Martial Arts, Sports and Fitness. Stewart is an international teacher, author, and competitor who has taught, studied and competed around the world in countries such as Japan, France, Thailand, and Canada. He has been featured in and on the cover of many martial arts magazines including Black Belt.
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