Tommy Carruthers Original Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do | The Best Compilation
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Jeet Kune Do Demonstration in London (Applications of Bruce Lee’s JKD):
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Tommy Carruthers has over 30 years experience in the martial arts which includes training in military self-defence techniques (taught to him by his father), Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, Karate, boxing, Ving Tsun (four years with Nino Bernardo’s clan), Non-Classical Gung Fu and finally Jeet Kune Do. Whilst training in western boxing, Tommy made something of a name for himself and became the subject of several tempting offers to turn professional. “But still to Tommy, even though he seemed to excel in boxing, it was not JKD.“ (taken from Fighters Magazine, July 1997).
Frustrated with an absence of Jeet Kune Do clubs in his area, Tommy began to train by himself, pushing himself to the limits and along the way reading and assimilating absolutely everything that was around on JKD. He attended various JKD seminars in Europe but remained unimpressed. “I felt that what they were teaching would not work on the street, and it is in that arena that the truth comes out“. Eventually he came across an article on Gary Dill in an American Kung Fu magazine. Everything in the article he agreed with so he took the plunge and phoned him up. Gary Dill was a student of the late James Lee, one of Bruce’s own students. Taking the plunge he phoned him up and the upshot was that he was invited to America by Dill to train as a JKD instructor on an intensive course.“
Later he came to the attention of Jesse R. Glover, Bruce Lee’s first student and assistant-instructor. Glover then recommended Tommy to one of Bruce Lee’s best and most highly respected students of his Oakland era, Howard Williams, as well as Bruce’s last private student and protegé Ted Wong. It was also Mr Wong who awarded Tommy with an instructor ranking and eventually, Tommy was formally recognised by the JKD Nucleus (Bruce Lee Educational Foundation) at a formal dinner party with over 200 guests from around the Jeet Kune Do scene. In more recent years, Tommy has continued to train and build ties with many respected JKD practitioners from around the world such as Tim Tackett and original Bruce Lee student, Bob Bremer.
Over the years, Tommy Carruthers has acquired a reputation as being a very practical martial artist whose grueling training schedules alone would put most other athletes (from any sporting background) to shame. Tommy’s affinity to simplicity and realism are almost certainly the result of being brought up in the rough streets of Glasgow’s East End, where employment levels are low and violent crime rates are high.
In 2002 Tommy was invited by the Chinese Boxing Association Switzerland to come to Geneva to give a public demo of his talent live on stage at the SWISS EXPO. He has also recently appeared on several biographic Bruce Lee DVDs within a special feature called “In the footsteps of the Dragon“, narrated by Jesse Glover.
“When Tommy is on he reminds me of Bruce when I knew him. The first time that I saw him I told him that he punches like Bruce. Tommy is also a very powerful kicker. He has Bruce like speed and power and is more flexible than Bruce was.
If Tommy landed a full force strike in the center of a person’s chest there is a chance that their heart would stop. He transfers an amazing amount of shock with his strikes. He has taken Bruce’s ideas and turned them into a functional reality.“ - Jesse Glover (Bruce Lee’s first student)
“....the fastest hands I have ever seen!“ - David Peterson (direct student of Ving Tsun legend Wong Shun Leung)
“I’ve not met anybody on par with Bruce Lee except for Tommy Carruthers, who is better than Lee in some respects.
Let me say that Tommy is Bruce Lee #2, hands down. This is the baddest man around. I don’t give out props lightly, so take note. There’s a new martial star, and his name is Tommy Carruthers. If you are looking for a standard of excellence, look no further than this dude.“ - George Tan (Bruce Lee historian/film producer)
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Tommy Carruthers Original Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do | The Best Compilation