BruceLee Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 I saw the article topic on this earler, and it didn't explain much so I thought I would start another one. I got the Jeet Kune Do book written by Bruce Lee and I haven't finished reading it, yet. It is very interesting, but I was wondering if anyone who is actually taking the martial art can give me some things they concentrate on. Like techniques, or exercises they do. The meaning of life... is to live.
Guy_Mendiola Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 I think they focus on the basics but Jeet Kune Do is a MMA and so it would be focusing on many kinds of diffrent stuff.
Kirves Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 Many people start with Jun Fan Kung-fu and mix it with the weapons stuff from Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). Then from there you go do your own thing. Others start from pure MMA and go do their thing. JKD is a personal thing. But as Lee says in Tao, JKD is about ruling in all the ranges. This includes weapons too. Self defence is the focus of JKD. So if you "just do MMA" you miss these important points. I once asked JKD instructor Burton Richardson what was the difference between JKD and MMA and the jist of it was that JKD is about street self defence, and you practice weapons, defence against weapons, defences against multiple assailants, against rape situations (for women that is), defences that mostly enable you to escape rather than dominate and win a match, focus on stuff that is often forbidden in tournaments (groind attacks), and instead of locks, you go for chokes, because a drunk/drugged man may not even feel the pain of a lock/destruction, but he will stop when his brains pass out of oxygen. Hope this clears it up. DISCLAIMER: Notice that I did not quote Burton, just explained what kind of feeling I got from his answer to the question. I do not wish to speak for him and may very well have misunderstood something he said - or remember badly.
BruceLee Posted January 25, 2004 Author Posted January 25, 2004 Thanks for the help all of you The meaning of life... is to live.
Natural Posted February 26, 2004 Posted February 26, 2004 Well jet kund do is very effective arts I would say do the basics and keep up doing your good trainning, then spent time reading the rest. A karate punch it is like a dasvasted stick blow. Instead, a blow of Kung Was is comparable to a lash with a chain that has attacked, allaltra extremity one ball of ferro
italian_guy Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Jeet Kune do is a self-defence based martial art. I studied it for 1 month only in conjuction with Kali. It takes various elements from different arts even if the core is wing chun kung fu, it has no forms, it has throws, strikes, punches, kicks, locks it is a very rich art, usually the teaching is very informal like in a modern martial art. The lessons I took were lasting about one hour, the first 10-15 minutes general warm up and some stretching, then 15-20 minutes technical work in pairs or with focus pads or with the heavy bag, 10 minutes case-study self defence, 15 minutes kali, 5 minutes abs work. I never practice sparring but I think because it was too early in my study.
ZR440 Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 I believe Dan Inosato (sp?) helped Bruce Lee with the stick fighting aspect of JKD. It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
White Warlock Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Jun Fan is Bruce Lee's real name, thus 'jun fan do.' He did not train sufficiently in wing chun (per William Cheung) and was not given the more indepth training (again, per William Cheung) of wing chun... thus felt it was not sufficient. Lee studied European systems (boxing and wrestling) and found that, in general, Chinese systems were not designed to handle the different combat philosophies encountered in the West. These, along with some personal experiences, are what motivated him to develop an 'eclectic' approach to study. Jun Fan do was his 'initial' system... the one that was pretty much a modified wing chun, with fancy kicks. Jeet kune do was presented later and is far more a philosophy of study, rather than a system in and of itself. I like to think of it as the father of MMA, as Bruce Lee made it 'acceptable' to mix systems. It is based on the idea that there is no one true 'way' and that people must accommodate both their body and their mind to a set of fundamental goals. His book, Tao of Jeet Kune Do, is actually a collection of his notes, and is not necessarily the system itself. Much of what is written there refers to his body mechanics and his personal studies, applicable only to him, but they are still interesting insights. In short, "the way of no way" is jeet kune do. A way to learn, as opposed to a system of techniques. "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
Lazy Scholar Posted March 10, 2004 Posted March 10, 2004 hey warlock .. what area of SD are you from? I'm not sure if i asked you before or not. Hope to hear from you soon. btw SD I mean San Diego , if you meant something else then I apologize you scythe with it!!!!!!
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