Bruce Lee Magazine (Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus): version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 04:44 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added Bruce Lee Magazine, the 1997-2001 official magazine of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus, under its US newsstand UPC 009128483276 (wanted list). Identity from upcitemdb (January 2000 and March 2001 issues under this UPC), issue run from ma-mags.com, cover wording from Amazon.com listings, publisher credit (John Little) from Tuttle Publishing, organisation history from Wikipedia. New brand stub brand/bruce-lee-magazine. Gaps: legal publisher and prefix registrant, frequency, cover price, issue add-ons, cover photo.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Bruce Lee Magazine (Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00009128483276
name: Bruce Lee Magazine (Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus)
summary: US newsstand UPC of Bruce Lee Magazine, the official publication of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus (1997 to 2001); resale listings attach it to the January 2000 and March 2001 issues.
brand: brand/bruce-lee-magazine
category: category/10000928
country_of_sale: US
status: discontinued
last_seen: 2001-04
last_seen_note: April 2001 is the latest issue in the ma-mags.com catalogue of the title.
<!--/identity-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| US | derived | ^upcdb | upcitemdb records an eBay US listing under this UPC for the January 2000 issue; a second-hand listing, so the price is a resale price, not the cover price. | 2020-06-08 | used | | USD 5.00 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Bruce Lee Magazine: The Official Publication & Voice of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus | name | en | | |
| Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus magazine | search | en | | |
| JFJKD Nucleus Magazine | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Format | Printed magazine | | ^upcdb | Also true of the March 2001 issue listed under the same UPC. | issue-2000-01 | | | | known | printed | |
| Cover line | The Official Publication & Voice of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus | | ^amazon-1997 | Wording of the August 1997 premier issue as listed by the seller; the June 2000 listing reads "The Official Publication of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus". | issue-2000-01 | | | | known | printed | |
| Issues catalogued | August 1997 to April 2001 (14 issues) | | ^mamags | Dates listed by the collector dealer: Aug, Nov and Dec 1997; Feb, Aug, Oct and Dec 1998; Sep 1999; Jan, Jun, Jul and Nov 2000; Mar and Apr 2001. | issue-2000-01 | | | | known | printed | |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------------- | ------------------ | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| issue-2000-01 | January 2000 issue | edition | US | en | 2000-01 | | 2020-06-08 | supported | | | | ^upcdb | Listed under this UPC by upcitemdb from an eBay US listing. | | | | | |
| issue-2001-03 | March 2001 issue | edition | | en | 2001-03 | | 2019-12-28 | supported | | | | ^upcdb | Listed under this UPC by upcitemdb from an eBay UK listing; ma-mags.com shows Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on this cover. | | | | | |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | status | note |
| ----------- | ----------- | --------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| | John Little | publisher | ^tuttle | credited | Tuttle's author note calls him the publisher of Bruce Lee magazine and director of the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation. |
<!--/credits-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
| | relationships | unknown | The legal publisher on the masthead (the Nucleus, the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation or a publishing company) and the registrant of UPC prefix 0009128 are not named by any source read; no gs1_prefix_owner row is written. | |
| | identity | unknown | Issue frequency, cover price and the two- or five-digit issue add-on printed beside the UPC on each cover. | |
| | images | unknown | No licensed cover photograph is available. | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------- | --------- | ------------ | ---------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| upcdb | https://www.upcitemdb.com/upc/009128483276 | UPC 009128483276 - Bruce Lee Magazine Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus January 2000 | 2026-09-25 | upcitemdb.com | catalogue | | 009128483276 | | | | |
| mamags | https://ma-mags.com/showmag.php?CatCde=JFJKD | Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus Bruce Lee | 2026-09-25 | MA-Mags | retailer | | JFJKD | | | | |
| amazon-1997 | https://www.amazon.com/Premier-Magazine-Official-Publication-Nucleus/dp/B07JYQW8CW | Premier Issue! August 1997 Bruce Lee Magazine The Official Publication & Voice Of The Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus | 2026-09-25 | Amazon.com | retailer | | B07JYQW8CW | | | | |
| amazon-2000 | https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Lee-Magazine-Jun-Nucleus/dp/B010P4HGNO | June 2000 Bruce Lee Magazine The Official Publication Of The Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus | 2026-09-25 | Amazon.com | retailer | | B010P4HGNO | | | | |
| tuttle | https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/martial-arts/bruce-lee-the-celebrated-life-of-the-golden-dragon-9780804847810 | Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon | 2026-09-25 | Tuttle Publishing | publication | | | About the Author | | | |
| wiki-jfjkd | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Fan_Jeet_Kune_Do | Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Bruce Lee Magazine was the periodical of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus, the organisation Linda Lee and 19 of Bruce Lee's former students and colleagues formed in 1996 to teach his art under one syllabus.[^wiki-jfjkd] Its premier issue, dated August 1997, called itself "The Official Publication & Voice of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus".[^amazon-1997] John Little, director of the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation, is credited as its publisher.[^tuttle] This UPC is the magazine's US newsstand barcode, which a barcode catalogue records on the January 2000 and March 2001 issues.[^upcdb] A collector dealer catalogues fourteen issues between August 1997 and April 2001.[^mamags]
By August 1996 Dan Inosanto had left the Nucleus, and by the early 2000s the organisation had disbanded.[^wiki-jfjkd] Single issues still circulate second-hand, including a June 2000 issue listed on Amazon.com.[^amazon-2000]
<!--/about-->