Radok Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 Now that I have your attention, If someone was to choose between Wing Chun or Jeet Kune Do for reasonable street defence, what would be the better choice? How visual or exiting they are makes no difference, just the street defence. What do think? If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
-- Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 There's little difference. Jeet Kune Do is not a style itself, it's just a philosophy. And for that matter, Bruce Lee's JKD was based on Wing Chun. So stick with Wing Chun. It's the same thing. d-----
Kensai Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 Another of those x vs y senerio's. Out of Wing Chun and JKD I would chose Aikido.
rabid hamster Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 I wouldn't even think twice about JKD and go straight into wing chun. though if there was a ninjutsu school nearby.. well you know the rest since you read my post.. It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye.
BlueDragon1981 Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 Neither. Study hard and work on your full contact fighting. That is the best way. Style in my opinion is just a start. Self Defense depends on your attitude and if your willing to get hurt to win.
larryjf Posted July 12, 2002 Posted July 12, 2002 between those 2 i would say wing chun. JKD is much more a philosophy than a style. from what i remember, wing chun was actually a martial art that was stripped down to its most practical essence for street defense. i tend to think that learning a good striking art in combination with a good wrestling/ground fighting art would be the best way to do it. about 95% of all fights end up on the ground. It is important to know how to fight there - you can't always stop your opponent before he takes you down.
HarvesterofSorrow Posted July 12, 2002 Posted July 12, 2002 besides in the end Wing Chun is intended to evolve with the practitioner
Taikudo-ka Posted July 12, 2002 Posted July 12, 2002 JKD was Bruce Lee's personal expression of the martial arts. It did grow out of his classical Wing Chun training, but he changed things around as he chose, and cross-trained to add moves from arts as diverse as boxing and western fencing. Bruce died so young and suddenly that his system was by no means complete or perfected. It was still a work in progress, which he knew very well himself. That was the whole point - never stop learning, always adapt to new ideas and concepts. The paradox is that it's not possible to teach "genuine" JKD because Bruce changed what he taught all the time, and the heart of JKD seems to be the idea of "no specific style or system"... So if you systemize Bruce's methods and moves and turn them into a "style", it's not JKD anymore, but the very "classical mess" Bruce was fighting against... If you don't, what you get is a philosophy, rather than a fighting system. Then you still need to learn the "basics" in another art, before you can apply JKD "concepts". For Bruce this was Wing Chun, and a very fine art it is too. But in my understanding, JKD is not limited in any way to only building on Wing Chun. If this is confusing, you know why Bruce said that once you've read his JKD writings, they're only good for wiping up mess. KarateForums.com - Sempai
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