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I worship this man. Heck of a writer. Not a bad sentence in the lot. Ariel is a delight. John Little is a hero for sitting them down before a camera. And you are a good person for having shared it with us.

Mom read Will Durants books when I was a kid. Im 3/4 century today.

I am a Jeet Kune Do Concepts adherent.

Excellent!

Great job, as always, James! Thanks!

2024 HERE AND ALONE PLEASE SHARE YOUR ADVICE ABOUT LIFE & PEOPLE

“There’s nothing like busyness to make monogamy possible.”39:23

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My Jeet Kune Do consists of tactical EMS training and interpretative dance moves.

they married at 15 and 28. and both died a few days apart in 1981. an extraordinary partnership. i shudder to think of what modern police state America would have done to them today, a long prison sentence, sex offender registration for life for him and a crushing DEI re education victim's institution for her with possible prosecution of her mother. the human condition has improved in some ways over the last hundred years however you would be untruthful to yourselves, dear readers, if you believe you are more free...

Great job, thanks, James!

Thanks for this, I started listening to the audiobooks for the story of civilization a few years ago. Having read and revisited the whole set by now, I've probably consumed more of his writing than I have of any other person. It's an oddly emotional feeling to finally see the man (and woman!) behind the masterpiece

Good example of how screwed up the first m16’s were. Thank you Robert MacNamara

Your editing is top notch, Sir.

To Will and Ariel Durant the best writers I've ever come across 🥃

Explendid!!!!!

They authored an amazing series. I don’t have enough years left me in life, I don’t think, but if I could I would try to finish the entire 11 volume series on the history of civilization. It’s wonderful.

Very underrated work. Thank you very much for clarifying those for us fans, Mr. Bishop! 🫡

I thought the NVA-VC used green tracers?

Why do they always use photos or videos in these videos that are NOT from the actual story. For example....There is NO place in the "old" South Vietnam with terraced rice patties! In FACT, there ae very few places in Vietnam that have terraced rice patties! The photo at the beginning of the video might be from China?

This is why bruce didn't open up world wide schools cause he kno this stupidity would happen.

One quote I've seen attributed to Bruce Lee several times that I've wondered about/doubted the authenticity of is the "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks but the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times". To me that sounds like something folks might think sounds Bruce Lee-ish, but to me sounds like it's trying a little too hard to sound "deep", to me it doesn't sound like Bruce Lee. Am I wrong about this one? Is it a verifiable Bruce Lee quote? Regardless, I feel where you're coming from with the disappointment with Shannon & the Lee Estate for having no problem with falsely attributing numerous "words of wisdom" to the Little Dragon. They're clearly trying to sell him as some kind of spiritual self-help guru while at the same time keeping absolutely silent about some of Bruce's all too real human weaknesses (has Shannon not seen the Bob Baker letters or is she just ignoring them until they go away?). I'm a Bruce Lee fan but at some point I realized he was only human after all!

Welcome home Sir you are a true hero

Very well done! If you have a second: Do you know this quote: "Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concecpt. Instead learn to actualize yourself, your potential" If yes, do you know if it was actually said by Mr Lee? It was posted on his official Facebook page in 2016.

Wow. Mr. Bishop was a patriot and a badass. Respect.

AS an American Vietnamese from the South we know the young American soldiers. To me (and all of us)they are just young man, nice and easy to be friends with although some time they are so naive. some of them died there, thank you and welcome home. to us they have a special place in our hearts. GOD bless THEM

I went over in Nov '66, I never heard about this soldier before, however, deeds like his were something to envy for sure!!!! May he live forever, in this countries heart and sole!!!!

Obviously, you need reliable weapons…or you’re dead. I thought that the Army, at the time, failed to emphasize good weapon cleaning.

So I took my wife out of Bellevue and we lived happily ever after…next slide: THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION…

The Sergeant should have made sure his recon team had cleaned their weapons prior to the mission, were well lubricated and kept lube with them. Otherwise, great work keeping your team alive.

When Chuck Norris goes to sleep he checks under his bed for Sgt Bishop

Thank you for your bravery sir , welcome home.

Awesome 👌

if the 3rd highest award for bravery is Silver Star . . . what is #2 ? no disrespect, very impressed w this guy's coolness under fire. fancy Medals rarely pinned on enlisted.

500 rounds of 5.56 in 20 round mags. Outstanding.

Thank you for your service.

A good story, well told. Glad you made it home, hope you are well. Many of us have gotten old.

Welcome brother

August 21,1968 Charlie Company of the 1/5 mech. 1 MoH and 1 DSC, 17 Purple Hearts in the Ben Cui rubber plantation. I was 1 of very few who walked out. RIP my Brothers!🇺🇸

Thank you for your service sir & welcome home 🇺🇸

Watching this in Central Thailand in 2024. Glad I was not there in 1966. USN-RET.

Amazing. Thank you

Thank you for your and your team member’s service !

I love them.

Great work James!

I want to thank you for uploading this precious clip. Not only is this inspirational, but also instructional. It serves as a reminder of why ideas matter. Why books matter. Great books, especially. And of course, why the Durants matter. Thank you.

As someone who trained both the Original China Town curriculum and the "concepts" arts as well I think it's a little bit of both. It has to have some essential elements; Fencing /boxing hybrid footwork. Strong side forward. Emphasis on intercepting . Good boxing skills. Some minimal trapping. Primarily a street art with foul tactics but can be adapted to the ring. That is the Closed system aspect. But it should also include " add specifically what is your own. You have to add elbows and knees. We used Muy thai and the Fillipino Arts, and Wing Chun has elbows too. We added Catch wrestling and Gracie JJ. Some added Savate techniques. We added WW2 combatants from a Marine Raider who used to teach with our group. Part of doing JKD is analyzing other arts on how to beat them and to see if there is something beneficial you can keep as your own. All my JKD compatriots have added things from other arts. that's the open system part. HOWEVER, if you throw away the JKD essentials to do whatever you want, then it's not JKD. It may be good, and it may be your best self expression, but if there is no JKD in it, then it's not JKD. (JKD is not doing anything you want.) I trained with Bruce Lee students from the ChinaTown era and the most well know Dan Inosanto student when Bruce was still alive. the Bruce Lee students always said Bruce called what he was teaching them JKD. Interestingly, Dan Inosanto would teach his Concept arts at seminars and have my Teacher ans some others teach the JKD portion. He did this because he promised Bruce not to teach JKD commercially. Bruce taught them a style with certain foundational aspects not removable form the art. , yet left room for individuals to add what is specifically their own.

absolutely beautiful. cant believe this gem of a production only has 20k views.

Are they related to basketball player Kevin Durant

22:16 horrific abuses like this (locking people up in mental institutions just because they dressed different) is one reason out of many that the US started closing down mental institutions throughout the country. Yes the unfortunate result is that there are a lot of people who need mental help, but the abuse back then was terrible.