Anything on Jay T Will Please

[celtic_crippler]

If anyone has any information on the late Jay T Will and is willing to share I'd appreciate it.

Pictures, stories, articles, clips...anything and everything would be welcome and greatly appreciated.

I know of this site: http://lancasterkenpo.tripod.com/jay...ite/index.html

But if anyone has any links to sites with more data on Mr. Will I would appreciate that info as well.

Thank you!

[Milt G.]

Originally Posted by celtic_crippler

If anyone has any information on the late Jay T Will and is willing to share I'd appreciate it.

Pictures, stories, articles, clips...anything and everything would be welcome and greatly appreciated.

I know of this site: http://lancasterkenpo.tripod.com/jay...ite/index.html

But if anyone has any links to sites with more data on Mr. Will I would appreciate that info as well.

Thank you!

Hello,

I have the original newspaper clipping (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA) that came out when he had his "problem" with the law. That was in 1986, I believe?

I would be happy to share any parts of that you are interested in hearing about. Sadly it presents him in a mostly negative light as most news tends to do. Human interest does not "sell" as much as scandal and innuendo. Is be a shame, and why I see little of regular TV "news" these days. The article only concerns the incident it reports, and not the person as a whole.

J.T. Will was a good martial artist, innovator and role model for most of his life. He helped "professional" martial arts carve a place in the mainstream. I guess that sometimes one can be "overtaken" by events and circumstances which can derail a good and positive thing. I try to remember him for the positives rather then the negatives.

In my book he was a good Kenpoist who shared and inspired many. perhaps just not all in the way we would have expected.

Thanks,
Milt G.

[tai scorpio]

hi to all, this is sifu scorpio from birmingham,alabama and what i remember is that took place in the mid-seventhy when master j.t.will was arrested on weapon,s and drugs charges. because he had those in his studio when they raided his studio, me and one of my best friend and my first black belt( wesley friedson) use to go to ohio state univ. for the weekend,so he could visit his girlfriend on campest,while i would go workout at his studio somtime. because it was on the local new about his arrest, and i never did hear anything ele,s about his case after that. this is what i remember about master j.t.will. i hope this help. sincerely sifu tai scorpio