Jeet Kune Do No Controversy Ideology

[alfa]

Jeet Kune Do is a set of original techniques outlined by lee, as well as a concept oriented art, with an underlying set of principles, applicable to every martial art. Thus JKD is both, a specific art as well as a set of principles applied to range combat, i.e. to Kicking, punching, trapping, grappling ranges.

 

There is no controversy about how good lee was, he was the best. There is also no controversy about his fighting methodology. There si no doubt that his students represent some of the best martial instructors in the world, then why should there be a controversy about his art.

 

Fiends, I read a beautiful article on the website of Jeet Kune Do Ideology Mumbai, India. If u careto read it, its at

 

http://jkdmumbai.tripod.com/id10.html

 

So let us all learn from lee, his art, his students and above all his philosophy, that JKD is all inclusive, and excludes nothing. It has no limitation, and uses no way as the way.

 

In short JKD is what it is, It is Not!!

[Hengest]

I always thought that the set of techniques Lee devised was called Jun Fan gung fu, and that JKD was purely conceptual. That's why I never understood the controversy in the first place. It seems to me the OJKD guys have just got their terminology wrong: OJKD is basically Jun Fan gung fu, JKDC and FJKD are JKD.

[Shorin Ryuu]

Me:"No comment."

 

Random bystander: "Hey, doesn't that still count as a comment though?"

 

Me: "Quiet you."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: To make this post somewhat meaningful and less offensive (perhaps), just be forewarned that stating "so-and-so was the best" or "Such-and-such style is the best" (Yes, I'm aware that you will say it isn't a style, it's a philosophy/orientation/perspective...), it will create controversy...

[Nick_UKWC]

I always thought that the set of techniques Lee devised was called Jun Fan gung fu, and that JKD was purely conceptual.

 

This is the understanding I had also.

[Kickbox]

If you read some of the books by John Little you can see that Sigung Bruce only called his art jeet kune do after 1967. Guro Dan says in his book "The Philosophy of jeet kune do" that Sigung came up with the word jeet kune do in 1967. Before that he called his art jun fan gung fu. Sigung Bruce Lee never called his own art junfan jeet kune do. That name came after his death in 1973. Guro Dan once said that he came out with JKD in 1980 as a concept because of all the people around the world who made up their own JKD. Sifu Paul Vunak said that these people think that JKD is eclectic but it is not. The reason that there are so many names is because people try to seperate their style of JKD from other styles of JKD.

[GhostlySykanRyu]

Whle I agree that JKD is very helpful to ones way of thinking and tactics, I wouldn't say that Lee was "the best"...there will never be a person that can beat every other person. I'm sure those who trained under him are for the most part quite capable, but what you said can also be said in many other arts.

[street fighter]

Lee was the best that Lee could be, to say he was better than everyone else was and still is a very large thing to say, I say again I think he was great and I am glad for his teachings, but he did not fight every fighter in the fighting world so who is to say he was the best. I say again that he was the best that he could be and better than most he met.

[chiflow]

For some the issue with Bruce was the fact he went out on his own and created a style.. some people have major issues with this.

 

He was a ground breaker and a thinker, hence his background in philosopy. I admire him for this, so many arts have what i call gaps in there defenses and Bruce Lee was willing to admit it and change it.

 

Be as Water

 

I wish Bruce had lived to show his true skills, i think even though he showed alot he still was holding back. i was hoping he would show the true power of push hands and other such internal skills

[dippedappe]

Now that we are talking about how good he was in battle....

 

Lee was defeated by Parker, and my question is this. Did Lee get his butt whooped before or after his back-incident?

[Mr. Mike]

shouldn't matter since he was supposedly stronger after his injury.