Gotta smile just thinking about it.

Whether it is true or not - one of Okinawa Te 'stars', Jim Kelly, has claimed that Bruce Lee admired his fast backhand so much that he wanted to learn where it was learned. And Jim Kelly told him that (Shihan) Gordon Doversola taught it to him and later found out that Bruce Lee eventually took lessons from Shihan (in a 2010 interview).

Shihan never mentioned this to us but he did claim to have fought Bruce Lee at one point or another. One night (1987ish) one of us asked, is he (Lee) really that fast? And Shihan, with a smirk and a wave of the hand leaned forward to us and said, "I was faster" and laughed.

You can see Jim Kelly's interview in my article: Bruce Lee - the Father of Mixed Martial Arts? (OkinawaTe: The Forerunner of MMA). www.glennmagas.com/2010/05/...ial-arts/