jeet Kune do is a philosophy, and is not effective

[BJJ is 1]

Dog Brothers are hard core man, I would like to go to a gathering (Just to watch, I prefer to keep my hand intact)

[italian_guy]

Yes, it should be tough, he started going there to watch and to get private lessons from some of the partecipants and then after a few times he started sparring, he has not yet joined the dogs (he has no nickname yet) but he goes to every gathering of the european branch.

[Chaz]

This is a good example of not beliving everything you read.

[BJJ is 1]

Thats cool, we stick and knife spar in class but alway with rubber sticks/knives or the metal knives with wrist guards

[italian_guy]

Thats cool, we stick and knife spar in class but alway with rubber sticks/knives or the metal knives with wrist guards

Same for us. The Only difference is that sticks were not rubber but padded rattan sticks which are more rigid.

This is a good example of not beliving everything you read.

What do you mean?

[Chaz]

Sorry, I meant to answer directly to the first topic question.

[okimura]

I have never used the techniques I've learned in my JKD class in a real situation, so I can't tell you from personal experience that they're effective, but I'm guessing that the groin shots and eye pokes would probably work quite well. From what I've learned, those are two very popular targets.

As a philosophy or set of principles, people have pointed out that it's nothing new to say that an MAist should not be constrained or limited by a style. In a combat situation, he can't just respond with kata A, or kata B. I thnk that's what Bruce was really getting at. Fighting is chaotic and dynamic. An MAist who doesn't see that and sticks to his katas because he believes that they are the best is a slave to those forms. If you watch some of his movies, there are frequently arguments between characters about which MA is best, Japanese Karate or Chinese Boxing and so on, which illustrate BL's ideas about the stuborness of some MAist.

[Cat Nap]

JKD student here too. I think a lot of people get caught up in the crap of politics which is in every system. My sifu teaches only in what's useful and makes it clear that this isn't a system of martial arts but finding your own way of fighting more effectively. If you look at JKD as a martial art system like Karate or Kung Fu - you've missed the point. I would hope everyone would have more common sense than to stay with a teacher that's not helping them. There's good and bad instructors in every system which is why you need to really do your homework.

[bushido_man96]

I love Bruce Lee's work. In the Tao of JKD, there are a lot of ideas and strategies that are used from other styles, and some from his original.

I think there are 5 aspects that are most popularly represented by JKD. A couple are the broken rhythym (?) and another has something to do with moving second, but striking first. Not sure, I must review.

He mostly believed in non-stylized fighting principles, and most of his moves were simple and straigtforward.

As far as ineffective??? No. It is effective. I do believe it is more of a philosophy of how to use the appropriate techniqes in the appropriate situation.

From what I understand, Bruce did not want to name is art in the first place. By naming it, he claimed it established boundaries, which is not what he believed in. I think one of his close friends convinced him otherwise for marketing purposes.

[Protoman7000]

What I think of Jeet Kune Do is this, the reason it is Martial principles, rather then it's own style is because. Jeet Kune Do is the very most effective way Bruce Lee could use everything he knew to the best of his ability, given his height, strength, speed, cardio, it was specifically developed for Bruce, and as we know bruce didn't believe in limiting yourself with one style (So some call him one of the inventors of Mixed Martial Arts) So people who claim they can teach you martial principles, like If someone punches at you, you can do this, or you can also do this, teaching you different principles on what to do. But as said, it was Bruce's style, noone elses. If you train in Muay Thai, Karate, and Taekwondo for example, and you have trained well in them, and can fluently combine them in actual combat, go from using a TKD block, to a Muay Thai clinch, then this combination of what YOU know is practically your own form of Jeet Kune Do, because noone else is you, so noone else can learn the exact same style, therefore, JKD is not a style. It's also called a mentality because JKD is based alot about Bruce Lee's principles and philosophies.