#125 Interview with Doug Palmer
Bruce Lee Podcast
Shannon Lee
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Shannon and Sharon sit down with Doug Palmer, a student of and close friend to Bruce Lee. Doug shares with us personal stories and anecdotes about his friendship with Bruce, including how they spent a summer in Hong Kong together and went on double dates when they both still lived in Seattle.
Doug first met Bruce Lee when he was in high school in Seattle during the summer of 1961. He first saw Bruce perform a demonstration at a Chinese cultural event in Seattle’s Chinatown and then met him later at a Japanese community festival. Doug was fascinated by gung fu and asked Bruce if he could study with him, and Bruce told him to come to the next class, and if he was still interested after the class they could talk. From there their friendship grew. Bruce Lee became Doug’s teacher and friend, having a lasting effect on Doug’s life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone this is Shannon if you have a question that you would like us to attempt to answer |
| 0:05.8 | using the Bruce Lee philosophy or if you have an example where you have used the Bruce Lee philosophy in your life and it has helped you in some way. |
| 0:14.8 | Please share that with us at hello at Bruceley.com and your question or your story may be featured |
| 0:21.8 | on a future Bruce Lee podcast. |
| 0:23.6 | Thanks everyone. |
| 0:24.7 | Bye. |
| 0:25.7 | Enter your mind. and form like shape like water. |
| 0:35.0 | Like water. |
| 0:38.0 | Now water can flow or |
| 0:42.0 | or it can crash. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to the |
| 0:47.0 | The Bruce Lee Podcast, |
| 0:50.0 | A Podcast about Bruce Lee's Life and Philosophy. |
| 0:55.0 | The Water, my friend. |
| 0:57.0 | Hi everyone, this is Shannon, and is a Sharon, |
| 1:00.0 | and welcome to the Bruce Lee Podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | Hi everybody. |
| 1:02.0 | Hi, everyone, the Bruce Lee Podcast. Hi everybody. Hi everyone, the Bruce Lee Podcast is a philosophy podcast where we talk about my father's |
| 1:07.3 | philosophies, break him down, chew on him a bit, and then also figure out how to use them in our lives. |
| 1:15.0 | Today we have a special episode. |
| 1:17.0 | We do, we have a guest. |
| 1:20.0 | We have in studio with us a special guest by the name of Doug Palmer. |
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