italian_guy

Congratulations. I think your belt system is similar to ours (Italy): White,yellow,orange,green,blue,brown,black.

I know very little about these style but I'll break the ice for you. I don't know Choy lee fut at all, I have some wing chun instruction from JKD and I watched some northern shaolin classes in my previous kung fu school. Wing chun and Northern Shaolin looks very different. Wing chun has low kicks, very focused on cernterline defence and attack and has all this (very good, I enjoy them a lot) trapping techniques pak sao, lop sao etc. Northern shaolin instead has high kicks, it is more spectacular and flashy, nice fluent form but it requires a lot of flexibility (I'm ruled out for that). At the end if you like forms that looks great you will prefer NS but if you are more interested in self defence my suggestion goes to wing chun.

Yes in a certain sense you're right. It is packaging done with certain rules in order to create an homogeneous system. The ideal JKD instructor is someone who do its research in various MA and, according to certain principles, introduce them into a system. The ideal JKD student is someone who learns a lot of different things and according to its physical capabilities (and sometimes physical limitations) and attitude takes what's best for him.

In our organization (in italy) JKD is usually paired with kali, any Dan Inosanto school throughout the world teach a method based on Kali/JKD/Silat cross-training. Have a look at: https://www.inosanto.com

Congratulations.

Hi Andrew, welcome to KF.

I don't know, but my previous Tai chi intructor forbidded the wearing of all metal object during the lesson even for those who do not spar. (below 2nd chi).

I think point sparring is good to develop explosive kind of attack, learn defense to those attack (like the not-to-get-hit approach of the previous posters), and as a general footwork training, what does not teach you is how to take hit, the fact that there are no rules in a street confrontation, not much the clinching ability (transition to grappling), and some continous fighting that sometimes is needed. In conclusion it is good to develop some skill but is not sufficient if your target is to learn actual self defence.

Yaeh tahts ncie tohse rseercehrs are rllaey samrt!!

I like coffee, I take 2 to 4 cups a day, in italy coffee means espresso, this is our default, usually a regular espresso fills about half an espresso cup. If you ask for a ristretto in italy they give you a cup with few drops of coffee... but it is almost solid.

Ah same as me, unfortunately I will turn 44 in 10 days.

ACER all the way both as a desktop and as a portable.

Great article! And a great instructor.

Hi Ashley, welcome to KF

Nice story kicks.

It is a set of principles and, according to those principles, some MA master with various previous experience start to assemble a kombat system. Many of those masters trained with Bruce Lee when he was alive some others just trained with those masters (let's say they are second generation masters). The school I follow comes from Dan Inosanto lineage and has a program that assembles various arts according to the original JKD principles. Those arts are mainly: kickboxing/Muay Thai, Wing Tsun, Kali, Silat, Ju Jitsu, etc. My instructor has also previous experience in Shotokan Karate (Nidan and certified instructor), Shaolin Kung Fu (Black Belt some level?) Western Boxing (Certified Instructor).

Sen no Sen all the way here! I prefer to attack.

Here is a nice site with pressure points and meridians... http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp Enjoy.

Basketball in my teens, then nothing for 20+ years a few years ago I re-started with aerobics and weight lifting in a gym then 2 years ago I started MA activity. The rest is in my signature. The long inactivity is the cause of the many physical problems I have, but I'm working on them giving maximum priority to flexibility and speed.

Now I understand the meaning of your name. :lol:

Yes I agree with the other posters, the approch and the interest of you sensei changed. If you don't like the change it's time for you to leave.

1 1/2 hours in my karate class (I take two classes in a row) and 1 1/4 in my JKD class.

Actually I'm not practicing TCC any more, I left it when I started JKD few weeks ago (I had 1 month exposure to JKD a couple of yers ago)... I had problems, mostly related with my schedule in my TCC school so I left. Anyway if you have the chance to cross train TCC and JKD I think is good... the two arts are completely opposite and they complement each other. One (JKD) is fully practical and self defence oriented, the other is more spiritual with great enphasis on the technical side and helps you to stay healty. Unfortunately there are a lot of junk TCC schools that teach TCC as a form of physical exercise disregarding completely the martial aspect, if the school falls in this category my suggestion is: stay away, the instructor may have learn its art from a short course which are around in those days. Regarding Chris Kent don't worry he is a legitimate and very well known JKD instructor. It doesn't matter why he choose to live and teach in Boise (Idaho), pay a visit to his school and see if you are confortable with... Good luck with your training.

I'm not a BB and not so close to become one. However... I agree with what you say in the first point, BB is a milestone in our MA path, the journey is not finish (it does not finish) but when you get there you should have a pretty solid knowledge of the basics. 3-5 years are reasonable numbers for those who trains regularly (let's say 2-4 times a week) and have not previous martial art exposure. If you are already a BB in a similar art and train 6 days/week 4hours a day this time can be much shorter....

I'm studying JKD/Kali escrima in Italy in an association connected to Dan Inosanto Schools (AKEA) I'm a beginner but I enjoy the training a lot, we learn a mixture of kickboxing, Muay Thai, wing chun, Kali and Ju Jitsu. These are the main ingredients of what's called JKD. However this is not just an assembly of various MA it is a well blended mixture made according to the principles that Bruce Lee stated in his various books (first of all the tao of JKD). I also think that Chris Kent is a valid instructor... I have his books JKD from A to Z which are very good. So good luck with your training and keep us posted