Stirling Silliphant wrote in detail about their meeting and the events that followed: Bruce had a school in the Chinese center of Los Angeles. It was very low profile, with no exterior signs. You had to know its location in advance and you had to be invited; you couldnt just walk in off the street. So first I had to track Bruce down. Eventually, I called Bill Dozier, the producer of The Green Hornet, which by that time had already gone off the air. He put me in touch with someone who knew where he was. I called him and said, Ive been looking for you for three months; I want to study with you. Bruce said, Well, I dont really teach; I only have one or two private students. Aside from Steve McQueen and maybe one or two others, Bruce wasnt into teaching privately.

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