Jerry Poteet

Jerry Poteet
BornNovember 29, 1936
United States
DiedJanuary 15, 2012(2012-01-15) (aged 75)
United States
StyleJeet Kune Do (Jun Fan Gung Fu)[1]
Teacher(s)Bruce Lee
Stan Lee Lawson
Notable studentsJason Scott Lee[2]
Michael Worth
Glenn Danzig

Jerry Poteet (November 29, 1936 – January 15, 2012) was an American martial arts instructor, recognized for his teachings in the art of Jeet Kune Do as an original Bruce Lee student.[3][4]

  1. ^ Bowman, Paul (2013). Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon through Film, Philosophy, and Popular Culture. Columbia University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780231165280. ... Inosanto (along with Richard Bustillo and Larry Hartsell) differs from other students of Bruce Lee (such as Taky Kimura, James Lee, Jerry Poteet and Ted Wong), who all tried instead to preserve the 'original form' of Jeet Kune Do.
  2. ^ Chase, Donald (1992-10-25). "Re-Enter the Dragon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  3. ^ Thomas, Bruce (1994). Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit. Frog Books. p. 89. ISBN 9781883319250.
  4. ^ Rafiq (2020); "One of the few original Bruce Lee students who refused to water down the original teachings, training methods and fighting methods of jeet kune do was Jerry Poteet.[...]Poteet was one of a handful of students who had the privilege of training at Bruce's house in addition to attending formal classes.