Jeet Kune Do in the now

[dippedappe]

"...just a little back-tracking.

 

bruce lee has said that what he did in the films was not jkd.

 

the stuff for films was just stuff done for films.

 

hmm, the original 'movie-do'?"

 

Yes, except for "game of death", which was THE way for him to show his approach to the martial art(except when teaching his very few students sepered, in his backyard(after he closed down all jun fan gung fu schools)). Although he strived to have the stamp of realism(unlike mandarin films), he did say "I can make all kinds of fonny things, or show you some really fancy movements, but to be true to one self, that my friend is very hard to do"(only parts of his words).

 

"i keep mentioning this but when asked by one of his wing chun seniors what jkd was, he responded by saying 'pak sau and hip'."

 

Has that guy ever read Lees works?

 

"the only way to train footwork whilst maintaining correct structure is to have someone who can show you what works and what doesn't work.

 

you need someone who knows where and how to apply pressure to test structure."

 

That makes sense, but theres noone around to show it to me...

 

"as i said, jkd does not teach you fight like bruce lee.

 

it teaches you to see things differently.

 

how you fight depends on you.

 

if you are aiming to ape bruce lee's movements then you are not doing jkd."

 

if you want to fight like bruce lee then go ahead and copy things from the films.

 

just remember, moving like bruce lee doesn't make you as good as he was (or whatever)."

 

Cant argue with that. But my question was, do your footwork look like the one lee used, in jkd.

[Drunken Monkey]

bruce lee said that jkd was 'pak sau and hip'.

 

you should know that dan inosanto teaches people to NOT jump around like bruce lee does in the films.

 

that should answer your question about footwork in jkd.

[dippedappe]

How can lee say that when his books tells so mush more?

 

It dont matter.

 

Yes that handed it down good. Thanks all. No need to dig any further in this.

[longarm25]

interesting posts! every one arguing about a style thats not even a style

[Drunken Monkey]

well, technically, since he wants to imitate bruce lee's way

 

i.e copy his movements

 

he's made it into a style,

 

which is why i said what he wants to do ISN'T jkd anymore.