DeMile first saw Bruce Lee on stage, performing a kung fu demonstration during an Asian Day celebration at Edison Technical School. "He was performing a form called 'Chong que", DeMile explained. "Bruce did a lot of leaping around and slapping his feet. He then went on to explain how effective it was for fighting - which really amused me because I thought he looked like a butterfly flapping its wings. I thought this kid is living in a fantasy world." Afterwards DeMile went up on stage and said, "Well, that's fine. This might work over in China but this is America and it's a whole different ball game." Bruce then asked DeMile to punch at him. DeMile took a good swing at him, but Bruce just trapped him, tied him up, and slapped him a couple of times, tapped him on the head and asked if 'anyone was home.' This was a shock for DeMile because he had never been beaten, and until then had never questioned his own ability. But this little punk kid, 18 yrs of age, weighing about 135 pounds, had embarrassed him. He then asked Bruce if he could join his martial arts group