Straight Lead

Teri Tom, MS, RD, was Sifu Ted Wong's student (over 1,000 hours of private study), giving her direct lineage to Bruce Lee and the study of Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do. She has served as a board member of the Bruce Lee Foundation and penned a column for Black Belt magazine. As a registered dietitian specializing in sports nutrition and quantum biology, she has worked with world champions including Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, and Andrei Arlovski. Her practice is based in West Los Angeles.

“Teri Tom pulls no punches and tells it straight. From her unique position of insight, gained after many years of study under Ted Wong (Bruce Lee’s most faithful student) combined with in-depth research into Bruce Lee’s archives, Tom has produced a text that is both polemical, controversial, and authoritative. This vital resource is essential reading for anyone who wants a definitive and authoritative account of what Bruce Lee thought and taught and his unique contribution to the global development of martial arts culture and unarmed combat principles and practices.” — Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, UK, author of Theorizing Bruce Lee, Director of The Martial Arts Studies Research Network —James Bundy, Dean, Yale School of Drama; Artistic Director, Yale Repertory Theatre