The core curriculum taught at Iron Dragon Martial Art Academy is rooted in fighting principles and strategies drawn from authentic Jeet Kune Do as taught by well-known close friends and former students of the late Bruce Lee. Visit our photo gallery to see images of Sifu James training with JKD legends and award ceremonies.

Kevin James' 50-year life journey in the martial arts he has exhaustively studied and cross trained in no less than six of the most effective fighting arts known to man.

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• Western Boxing - trained under the great Hall of Fame boxing coach Ken Loehr, a former Olympic Gold Medalist who coached Harold Petty-a 2 time World Bantamweight Champion and brothers Leon & Michael Spinx to Olympic championship medals and Undisputed World Championship Boxing titles. Trained out of the famous 12th & Park Street Recreation Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Kevin James holds an impressive amateur boxing record of 24-0-1.

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• Taiji Quan - Chen style Taiji, Wu style Taiji and Yang Lu Chan Old Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Has personally trained under Sifu J. Justin Meehan & Sifu Tuey Staples.

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• Jesse Glover's Non-Classical Gung Fu - personally trained under the great Sifu-Jesse Glover via multiple seminars and workshops for approximately a decade.  Sifu-Glover was Bruce Lee's first student in the USA and later his first Assistant/Co-Instructor. Jesse Glover met Bruce in 1959. Glover was already a skilled boxer and 2nd degree black belt in judo and successful tournament competitor when he met Bruce Lee. Much more respect should be given to Sifu-Jesse Glover for his influence on Lee's development as a well rounded martial artist.

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• Shiseikai AikiBudo -  personally trained under legendary Grandmaster Kaichi Tei, for approximately 25 years. Grandmaster Tei is a 1999 Aikido Journal Encyclopedia Hall of Fame inductee recognized as an original student of the great Sokaku Takeda- the 35th generation inheritor of Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu.

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• Malaysian & Filipino Close Quarters Combatives - Pencak Silat, Filipino Kali-Arnis, Eskrido-Dumog and Doce Pares Multi-style System - trained under several legendary instructors; Richard Bustillo, Dan Inosanto, Ben Largusa (a co-creator of the Villabrille-Largusa Kali system), and Guro-Jesse Bautista.

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• Korean Tang Soo Do / Taekwondo, Hapkido & Yong Moo Do- personally rained under and earned Black Belt rank from the hand of Grand masters Duk Song Son-9th DAN, GM Jung Kil Kim 'Tiger Kim' -9th DAN, GM Don Jin Kim-9th DAN, and Dr. Chong Sung Kim-10th DAN.

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Traditional Kodokan Judo (Korean Yudo) bulk of our grappling curriculum is drawn from of pre-1945 Kodokan Judo which during the era was best known as Kano Ryu Jujitsu. This was the exact same style of Japanese taught in Brazil between 1904 and 1930. We also incorporate elements of Russian Sombo and Japanese Catch Wrestling (also referred to as Submission Arts Wrestling).

Jun Fan Fighting Arts - students are also given in-depth exposure and training in Jun Fan Martial Arts (i.e. Jeet Kune Do Concepts) as conceived by Bruce Lee and taught to several of his close friends who are well known first generation master-teachers of the same.

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