Jim "The Dragon" Kelly - Down Under 2012

James M. "Jim" "The Dragon" Kelly (born May 5, 1946) is an American athlete, actor, and martial artist who came to prominence in the early 1970s. He is best known from his performance as Williams in the 1973 Bruce Lee film "Enter the Dragon".

What an honor to meet such a wonderful man, The first thing he asked was what my name was and was glad to shake my hand, (Like any celebrity gives a crap about who you are),

Dressing in my 70's threads was also a bonus, I got to spin out jive words with the dragon!

Jim: "Are you into Martial Arts?"

Me: "Unfortunately No, But I wish I was"

Jim: " That's alright, You're very beautiful, you can do a lot of things"

Me: "thank you, can I get a hug"

Jim:"Of course!" 
*hugs

 This is when he is talking about setting Goals, The middle picture is when Jim is describing the little joke that Bruce lee is famous for and he used to play it with Jim.
(Bruce Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.)

I had NO Idea what to take to get singed, so I whipped this little number up the night before

I managed to practically hang out with him all day, he is the kind of guy that loves to talk about anything, One thing that I love (Besides the fact that he is not old and washed up) is that he loves kids and has a lot of pride in himself. Jim is the kind of role model that you can look up to, and I can clearly see that he must have had someone like that in his life to have such determination. Jim would prefer to spend time in a Tojo then to go out on dates with hot chicks and sit around on weekends drinking. In all honesty I understand completely because one you get lazy or relax a bit from a goal, you tend to lose it all together. And you would not know from meeting him how old he really is, this guy still holds onto respecting himself without being stuck up (name one person in Hollywood today that can do that!).  He doesn't like to sell-out, get involved with ridiculous films that rip on the 70's and martial arts genre and always puts his word out to:

"Set a goal, and work at it. It doesn't matter what it is if it's martial Arts or anything that you want it to be, but work hard at your goal and you can achieve your dream"

What's Jim's favorite Film of his?:
The Tattoo Connection, He also loves Enter the Dragon for the experiences he had ( being in China for 3 months instead of the Planned 3 weeks and working with Bruce Lee), and also likes Melinda because it's the film that launched his career.

Here is a little trivia for you:
In "Enter the Dragon" John Saxon was so big at the time with many films under his belt that there was no way that the director was going to let his character die, so they had to give that away to Jim and make it pretty bad too to make up for it. 

Q&A VIDEO

I managed to grab some footage from the Q&A , unfortunately there was a time limit to where perhaps important questions could have been asked instead of long, repetitive stuttering from people asking questions not even related to anything. Still it was a blast to meet him, hang out and get a real insight on one of the worlds greatest Martial Artists and top Blaxploitation icons!

I would have uploaded these as HD, but it would taken days to upload, Youtube just isn't the same anymore. If you really want them in full HD glory, just e-mail me and I can send them to you.. Enjoy:) 

-Part 1. "where he is from, Having a scene with Bruce Lee, sparing/training with Bruce Lee".
-Part 2. "How he got the role in Enter the Dragon".
-Part 3. "How he developed his Character for 'Enter The Dragon' and other Major roles".

Filmography

• Melinda (1972)
• Enter the Dragon (1973) as Williams
• Black Belt Jones (1974) as Black Belt Jones
• Three the Hard Way (1974) as Mister Keyes
• Golden Needles (1974)
• Take a Hard Ride (1975) as Kashtok
• Hot Potato (1976) as Jones
• Black Samurai (1977) as Robert Sand
• The Tattoo Connection (a.k.a. E yu tou hei sha xing, Black Belt Jones 2) (1978)
• Death Dimension (1978)
• The Amazing Mr. No Legs (1981)
• One Down, Two To Go (1982)
• Stranglehold (1994)
• Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
• Afro Ninja Destiny (2009)
• Afro Ninja (2009)