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I fully agree with e&k; you learn 2 lessons from this experience: Next time you should practice more the countering of the side kicks, and... (and this is the hardest part) you should forget your pride. Losing a sparring match is always a positive experience as you analyze the outcome in a self-critical manner.

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I think cross-training is beneficial anyway... For example, in karate I do point sparring while in JKD I spar for self defence... They look different but still point-sparring is a good exercice for reflexes and for speed... and those quality you also need in self defence, furthermore in my karate style we do a fair amount of grappling which is beneficial also in the grappling part of JKD. In JKD we use more low kick while in karate we kick high or mid-section, but still the flexibility training that we do mostly for karate is useful to make faster and more balanced low kick, then the various kicking hights complement each other. So I'm a strong advocate of cross-training... I think is a bonus anyway.

Goju ryu here, not 100% sure about the lineage. I think is Shorei-kan... but I have to ask.

In italy,in my organization, there is a minimum age of 16 for a Shodan (you can be shodan ho earlier but not shodan). Then there is a minimum stay in each dan which is n+2 years(where n is the present Dan) so once you are shodan it takes 3 years before having the chance to take your nidan and then 4 years before taking sandan (so minimum age for sandan is 23 but I don't know anybody that is sandan at that age).

Ok GoJu ryu worth a look. Good luck with your training.

Welcome to KF, good luck with your training.

Welcome to KF Peter.

My JKD instructor studied unde Dan Inosanto Yes Guro Inosanto did not franchise schools, but the instructors that learned from him still use his method. The organization in which my school belongs (AKEA) was founded by an Inosanto student.

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Congratulations, Tonight I'll be testing for my Orange belt and I also will be the only adult testing for that grade (lots of yellow and yellow white tests or higher belt testing brown, shodan-ho etc.) We have very few intermediate ranks now (Orange,green, blue).

Even if I like very much Katas and their bunkai and I understand their importance. But at the end, MA is a fighting discipline and free-sparring (even with control) is closer to an actual fighting situation.

Nice videos thanks

I agree that sparring with higher belt is a fun and challanging experience.

This looks like the kind of answer I have been looking for. JKD is a set of concepts that can be applied to various art. A good JKD instructor can mix different styles and, using those concept as guidelines, teaches the various aspects of fighting: i.e. grappling, striking, weapons etc. A good JKD student is someone who learn the more he can from this mixture and then selects what is best for him... after a certain level JKD sparring resembles MMA sparring (with much padding not to get injured), because everyone should use what work for him.

I do not agree on this, I cross train two different style and I found that beneficial even if I am beginner in both. Even if the two arts are quite different (Karate and JKD) they all contribute in enhancing my power, flexibility and fighting experience. Then I can insert same of my karate experience in my JKD and also a little of my JKD into karate. The fact that you confuse yourself with the different body mechanics of the two arts is neglieable and after a couple of months it disappears complitely.

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