I took my questions on Sifu Lamar Davis to his fellow Jeet Kune Do Instructors to see what they thought of him and if he possessed any skills that would be worth me parting with my hard earned money. Most said they never heard of him. The Bustillo group said run away from him, as did many of the Inosanto camp. So I wondered why all the bad reviews on youtube for his videos and all the negative comments on the man from his fellow teachers.
Well here in a nutshell is what they said. The "Jeet Kune Do" that Lamar teaches are moves that Bruce Lee abandoned as ineffective in combat. One of them even said "Lamar like to brag to those students coming from other JKD teachers that "I bet you have never seen this Jeet Kune Do move before from your teacher have you. Trying to make himself look all knowledgeable when in fact the students former teacher did not teach it because it was outdated and ineffective as Lee found and removed it from Jeet Kune Do.
One of the worst things I found was how he continued the JKD tradition of bad mouthing other teachers, and creating hostility instead of working to promote Jeet Kune Do instead of himself and his apparent huge ego.
Looks like I will keep looking for a good teacher. At least this search has put me in the right direction as the people I talked to had some good recommendations.
OK after I posted this got all sorts of email from those telling me who he is certified by. Thanks for the input. He apparently is certified apprentice under Gearald Dill and another one of his teachers sent in a pic of his rank certificate here:
