Linda Lee Cadwell, the widow of jeet kune do creator and martial arts icon Bruce Lee, recently sat down with Black Belt for an extensive exclusive video interview about Tao of Jeet Kune Do: Expanded Edition. During this portion of the interview, she discusses the genesis of the seminal martial arts and philosophy text, Bruce’s (and eventually her) qualms about what to do with the collected notes that eventually became the original Tao of Jeet Kune Do, and why and how the 2011 expanded edition came into being.
“The original Tao of Jeet Kune Do was published in 1975 and, you know, Bruce passed away in 1973,” Linda Lee Cadwell says. “And then myself and my children, we made the move from Hong Kong and we brought all his possessions with us, and all his books and papers. When we were discussing [Bruce's papers] with Black Belt magazine, I just thought that there was so much valuable material there that I didn’t want to just put it away in filing cabinets and [have it] never see the light of day.
