The rules of this point is you have to get them before they get you, you learn it from your own master from your ownself. For all the wc/jkd fighter's out there, keep up the good work, don't argue with peoples who doesn't understand a thing or two.. They'll know it when you get inside the ring with them only.
Lets make it clear. There are two kind of JKD practitioners. One practices JKD concepts (add what is useful to original JKD) and one that practices strictly original JKD (Just how Bruce taught it). What JKD is NOT...is learning as much varied martial arts and calling it JKD. One has to learn and practice Bruce's way as guideline. To truly understand what is efficient and effective of the human body before researching your own truth. Which then you won't care for cuz you see the BS behind TMA.
@simonmafy I dont see all TMA as BS personally, but I do see alot of wasted motion in them. I toss out what I wont use and stay with simple so it's reflex and quick.
But I wouldn't go as far as saying all TMA is BS. After all, what inspired JKD was TMA, he just thought the ones he studied were too complicated or too defensive or something.
There are simple quick powerful TMA's though. Not many, but they exist.
I'm just starting out in JKD and love it. Can you tell me though, is that catch wrestling? I've seen a few JKD videos that have similar techniques, and my instructor has already gone over the "figure 4" arm lock which I think is catch. Just curious, because I've always wanted to train catch as well lol. Thanks guys.
Don't think - just do... very nice. Reaction in the medulla oblongata is everything and I can see that these drills prepare for the real street confrontation.
@PSG1BEN Thank you. Also, the video was very nice - In the words of the punk singer Vanilla Ice: slick dead moves, by the dozen; battles - please step up 'cause I luv 'em...
from what ive leant of jkd i think this is jkd. JKD has no set techniques, it has a group of techniques from other arts and you choose which you are best at. It then uses drills to improve the attributes to allow you to execute the techniques and some philosophys to allow you to defeat an opponant like forward pressure and high-low-high. so when you see a technique you cant say if its jkd or not, but you can see if the philosophys are used, in which case it is
Well as a practioner of this way of fighting let me 1st say that for the most part everyone who has commented on this is basically right. Sifu Bruce was not able to continue on with what intended JKD to be obviously because of his untimely death. What you see in this video is not true JKJKD it is JKD concepts. JKD was meant for the practioner to ccontinue on with his own training after developing the basic gist of what Sifu was instructing.
i realy like this video cos it show what jkd is about , it about use any technique necessary to claim victory there is not a spesific way of jkd , its all about victory , jkd is not A martial art jkd IS matial art.
For those who don't know, this guy is Erik Paulson. He is multiple Shooto Wrestling Champion, full JKD and Fillipino Martial Arts qualified under Guru Dan Inosanto. BJJ with Gracies and Machados, Muay Thai under Ajan Chai Sirisute, wrestling etc. He specialises in grappling and currently on Brock Lesnars training team.
but thats MMA, too much take downs and hitting with the shin,,
JKD is a philosophy after all,, its not a style
this philosophy doesnt recommend kicking with your shin while wearing a shoe,, coz u can hit with the tip of the shoe and cause more damage with less effort..
it also doesnt recommend take downs at all,, specially that its a Street Fight Philosophy... its good to know how to grapple.. but it isnt wise to use it in the street
How can anyone say what is & isn't JKD, i thought the whole point was that there is no specific 'way' Theoretically any martial art can be incorperated into jkd as long as the user isn't limited to thinking that one martial art only is the correct way. I don't really see any point in arguing over what is & isn't jkd when anything can be incorporated. everything & anything can be jkd, as long as the person understands that a block or attack is not the only attack to be used in any given situation
In jeet kune do martial art , its teach you what you should not do,you can do anything you want but its does not teach what you should do, this video should explain the way what the real jeet kune do explain.A lot of peoples out there learn a bit of jeet kune do stuff and claim themself a jkd expert.They don know enough yet what jkd is all about, its a very deep art as Bruce Lee have study ''TAO'' a very deep meaning which have study in china for more than 1,000 years ago.
he's definitely a concepts guy. well obviously, and he's quite a badass concepts guy. I studied original jkd for a year, then i decided to look into concepts. Its not bad, their philosophy actually remains the same, but they apply it to different arts like muay thai and make it more economical.
@jamesinct Hey even if this is not pure jkd i would still take this in a heart beat over most traditional styles because most of them are to limited in what you can do or learn.
That's great CAMPER...just don't call something that isn't JKD...JKD. It's good--granted--it should stand on it's own without trying to take advantage of name recognition??????????????????????
Even if this is not pure jkd i would still take this in a heart beat over most traditional arts because for one thing most traditional arts are to limited like aikido,judo,kick boxing,taekwondo and alot more there good but to limited.
Not a bad martial artist, but THIS IS NOT JKD! Perhaps a move or two here or there, but for the most part it's comprised of mainly of the Filipino Martial Arts, & Combat Submission Wrestling. Calling it JKD get a lot more YouTube hits though!
Alot of the grappling he is doing is seen in jeet kune do enter trapping to grappling,jeet kune do,tao of jeet kune do and jeet kune do unlimted the kick boxing is seen in jun fan jeet kune do kick boxing,the wing chun is seen in those books and jun fan jeet kune do the text book just get those books from amazon and you will see pretty much every thing this guy is showing here and see this is jkd i had all of those books and alot more not to mention the dvds i have and have had.
@TheShinobi32 What you are failing to understand is that all the styles that you are mentioning are not in JKD. They are just those styles. Wing chun is a trapping art.Bruce abandoned trapping.JKD has no trapping. That is to much movement just to hit. grappling is used for sport. JKD is used to take someone out as quickly as possible. Kickboxing lacks footwork. JKD is all about footwork. JKD is an art in itself. Not a mixed martial art. Read between the lines of his books, not the broad
@TheShinobi32 perspective. Many of Bruce's students, with the exception of Ted Wong, were already blackbelts in a specific style when they started training with Bruce. Ted Wong had no training at all. Bruce only had his schools open for 2 years and most of his students dispersed. Ted was with him until he died. He has more JKD knowledge than anyone, and is still studying Bruce's notes that are over 6000+ pages. Those books are totally random. A most are before he started JKD production.
@scoeman1 He made 10 volumes of books that were composed of notes that he and his students made he did alot of it while he was layed up in bed due to his back injury and yes alot of his students new other arts and he learned from them to just like he learned some wrestling from Gene Lebel,jujitsu,from Pro.Wally J.,high kicks from Chuck Norris,wing chun from Ip Man,Tai-Chi from his dad he learned from his books he had in his library,from watching footage on western boxing and other arts.
@scoeman1 He used to get challenged so much that Bob Wall who played Ohara in enter the dragon became his body gaurd people would stomp there feet 3 times on the ground to initiat a challenge some times he would take it and some times he would not bother one guy even jumped over his fence and into his back yard and challenged Bruce and Bruce kicked the shit out him the extras would challenge him on the set of enter the dragon all so alot of them were gang members.
And even if this was not jkd i would still take this in a heart beat over most traditional styles traditional styles are good some better than others but this is way better than most of them but this is jkd or jkd unlimited.
If you dont believe me get the books tao of jeet kune do,Jeet kune do,june fan jeet kune do kick boxing,jeet kune do enter trapping to grappling,jeet kune do exspressing the human body those are just some of the books i use to have and watch the clips of those instructers i mentioned on youtube another instructer is master wong he teaches jkd,wing chun and tai-chi,i use to have over 60 books on over 11 different styles i have training dvds on alot of different arts to.
The moves he is using are from different arts jkd uses like kali,escrima,wing chun,jujitsu,thai boxing,western boxing,savate jkd usumes all forms and is bound by none i have seen other jkd instructers do all of same things wether it be Dan Ino santo,Larry Harstel,Paul Vunak or who ever.
I have news for you people every thing that this guy is showing is taught in jeet kune do and jeet kune do unlimited witch was made by Burton Richardson so you people that say this aint jkd youre full of shit and yes there are and have been people that claim to be taught by Bruce that he never met that try to make money off of his name and system poeple have done the same with ninjutsu and other arts.
JKD is not just a compilated style, yes a principle, but an ART.The Tao of Jeet Kune Do is not meant to teach people how to do JKD. It is merely a compilation of Bruce Lee's notes. If people want to self teach jkd they should look up Teri Tom's (Ted Wong's 10yr student) book, The Straight Lead.
Bruce learn wing chun from Ip Man,wrestling and judo techniques from Gene Labell,jujitsu techniques from prof Wally J. and techniques from other arts and poeple and put the techniques he liked in jkd do better research,you can use any techniques from any arts thats why jkd is one of the best arts is because your not limited like you are in other arts.
I think Bruce was great, but Benny The Jet was even better. But I will say that no one will ever come close to Bruce when putting together a fight scene. He was the best.
To the person that says this is not jeet kune do your an idiot jeet kune do uses all styles and i had alot of Bruce Lee's books and his students includding the tao of jeet kune do,jeet kune do,jeet kune do trapping to grappling,june fan jeet kune do kickboxing i had dvds by his students all so and have watched several of his students teaching like Dan,Larry.
@CountVonBrink Yes he took moves from wrestling,wing chun,fencing,western boxing,jujitsu,chi-na,other styles of kung fu and other arts he took what ever he liked from different arts he learned from other instructers from books he had in his library he really hurt his back doing a weight lifting exercise called good mornings,he use to teach cha cha to poeple he went to colledge for philosophy,Bob Wall use to be his body guard any thing elseJessy Glover was one of his first students.
@TheShinobi32 Yes, thats the history. theres more to that. Ive studied under 2 of his original students, met several during the nucleus days, am certified under one, and spent time in china studying classical arts. Not bashing you, just being clear.
@CountVonBrink Well youre verry lucky but there is pretty much nothing that you can tell me about Bruce or jkd i probably dont know not saying i know every thing but i have done alot of research on both just like i know that some of Bruce Lee's first students just want or wanted to teach just what he taught them and others new that he wanted his system to keep evolving and i know about jun fan jeet kune do and all that all so.
@TheShinobi32 If this were totally true, you could go out and swing your arms around and call it JKD. Bruce gave a name to what he was doing, and when he taught, he laid the foundation of others to discover themselves. Using what works for you, no matter what style, but Bruce was a genius and he set the bar very high. No one has been able to improve on what he did, so we do what he did in the beginning, then we become free. dont voilate the JKD principles and call it JKD
@CountVonBrink I dont care what you say i have done plenty of research on jkd so i know what im talking about you can watch his students right here on youtube like duh and i have had most of Bruce Lee's best books i have seen actual footage of him training and talking about his art and i have seen footage of his students and interviews with them and alot of the things they show you in movies about Bruce Lee's life are lies that hollywood made up like how his back was injured for example.
@CountVonBrink Well i know of alot of his students so what his name alot of his students that he trained privately or at his home were movie stars or martial artist like Chuck Norris,James Cobourn,Kareem Abdul Jabar,Joe Lewis and not the boxer the karate champion,Paul Vunak,Larry Harstel,Dan Inosanto,Ted Wong need i go on.
@TheShinobi32 Actually I would like to intervene in saying that I have met Sifu Wong personally and bruce definitely did injure his back, and to say those books are on Jun Fan Gung Fu and not JKD. Bruce Lee never introduced JKD to the world, only to his closest and most personal student, which I have trained under by the name Ted Wong. And just to let you know, JKD is based off of fencing and Western Boxing, none of the styles that you have mentioned. Especially not wing chun.
@scoeman1 I said he injured has back he did it lifting weights i had some of his books and his students books i have had dvds by his students and i have seen plenty of interviews with his wife and students and him and yes he did introduce it to the world he used the go to Ed Parkers karate tournaments and demonstrate jeet kune do and wing chun he put books out on jeet kune do one was called tao of jeet kune do,another one was jeer kune do witch is a exapansion of that book and he had more.
@TheShinobi32 I ment to say the other book was jeet kune do,he all so had 4 real small books,exsressing the human body he had like 10 volumes,his students had books all so just go to amazon you can find some of them there and he only took one thing from fencing the stance and wing chun is a big part of his art and he took what he liked from different styles and what worked for him the motto of jeet kune do is take what is usefull reject what is use less and add what is specificaly your own.
@scoeman1 Well i had Bruce Lee's books that he wrote and one of there saying is take whats usefull reject what is useless and add spacicaly what is youre own you can go to amazon and get the books they are tao of jeet kune do and jeet kune do sir.
@TheShinobi32 If you pay close attention, Bruce was not the author of any of those books. I have read ALL of Bruce's books and am a practitioner of JKD. I Have Trained with his most accredited Student. Those books are merely notes. Only one person was ever taught pure JKD and that was Ted Wong. Now he teaches it. Those demos were Bruce when he was formulating JKD and modifying Gung Fu. So to correct you, HE didn't put out anything. HIs wife allowed those books to be written by John Little.
@TheShinobi32 And any book considered a book on JKD was written post death of Bruce. IF you watch the vids closely he uses trapping techniques. In pure JKD there is no trapping. NO blocking period. JKD is the art of interception. Attacking as your opponent thinks to attack.
i agree too that some of techniques here doesn't work on a fight or on streets.. street fighters dont punch and kick like someone that has a knowledge in martial arts.. if one wants to test if his lessons in martial arts really work he should test it on street or in a real life stuation., street fights are very very different from dojo's it is live and changing.., thats maybe bruce use the work ever changing, or formless and shapeless., peace to all martial artist... specialy JKDers, i m in JKD
@lytningflash Thats what Bruce realized. He didnt want to be bounded to forms and techiques and sequences. The point of a fight, is to fight. And there are no rules except to use what you got and get the job done in the simplest most direct way possible.
@CountVonBrink Dude you're an instructor aren't you? Coz you sound like one. I have been doing JKD for a year and i always hear the same explanation even from our instructor. Much respect
how about chi sao and lapsao those are techniques too. straight blast is a technique, juk tek or jeet tek (stop hit)is a technique, interception is a technique. blocking and punching is a technique.. so the only answer is find one that works perfectly for you or on a fight.
this is JKD i believe., think JKD Has techniques otherwise you cant call it a martial arts with no techniques to perform..,bruce always talks about different techniques.every martial arts and fighting method has techniques, a simple punch is called a technique. a double puch, is called a double punching technique, Progressive Indirect Attack (PIA) is called a technique.. you can use anything that works perfectly for you..
to all jeet kune do fans jeet kune do is a formless art. in which there are not set rules, regulations, guide lines. tao of jeet kune do is a tool to help us become better martial artist and a better human beings. to have someone tell me i dont understand is ob-sered. considering ive trained with jerry poteet i think i know what im talkin about.
jeet kune do bruce lee's art of jeet kune do is a formless art which you can you use any martial art to make the best use of. if we only imitate bruce lee were copying him. remember jeet kune do is based on wing chun fencing foot work and western boxing. bruce lee also states use what works for you and use his book as a guide line to help you improve your self as a martial artist not to copy him!!!!! fucking noobs. better study harder on his philosophy!
@aloneisthekey86 What Bruce was doing, I have not seen anyone alive today able to carry on besides a few of his original students. He didnt want people to be limited, by a goal or by "him", but no one Ive seen has surpassed Bruce Lee. So to act like you understand is shameless.
@CountVonBrink i do understand you dont understand ive been studying bruce lees art for many years trained with jerry poteet. also read everything about his art aswell as his philosophy. before you open your mouth you should understand that jeet kune do is a art of using anything that works in a fast efficient way also simplicity. jeet kune do dose not beat around the bush. also bruce lee wished he never gave his art a name. cuz of comment like yours in which you may not even know anything about
@CountVonBrink Ok, so I am a 2nd generation student of Bruce Lee's. Trained directly from Ted Wong under supervision of Jeremy Gordon,my chief Instructor in JKD. IF you want to see the closest person to Bruce alive, it would be Him. Look up Boxers Rebellion org and you will find us. We are affiliated with just about every JKD system including Hardcore,Jun Fan,and Real,also Bob Wall, Joe Louis, Grand Master John Pellegrini and more.
@CountVonBrink Thats awesome, but Ted has been continually modifying JKD. The simplicity factor keeps changing according to the notes of Bruce's that Ted studies. I have trained with him in the Past two years, so what you received has definitely been modified since.
@scoeman1 Is it any better or worse that Ted modified things? Not necessarily either. Im fortunate to have learned the method and philosphy exactly as BL tuaght it in Chinatown, and when I was ready I explored other arts and applied BL principles to what I learned but I dont mix it and call it JKD. Who am I to improve on what he did? And if I were someone I'd still not meddle out of respect. One thing I've learned is that everyone thinks their instructor is the best. Keep an open mind, they all
@CountVonBrink of JKD. Im not knocking any other styles or arts because they are all great and beneficial in their own right, but the wing chun, based on bruce, is inefficient in modern day fighting because no one punches that slow, if they are proficient, for you to use sticking hands, and grappling is useful but who grapples in a street fight. That is sport. JKD utilizes the modified fencer's footwork/boxing, and many kicks that come via modified tae kwon do. Do not forget he was a close
@CountVonBrink of Jun Rhee, father of modern day tae kwon do in america. Bruce trained with many not to utilize their styles and add them to JKD but to learn their weaknesses. Like the idea that in JKD 90% of your attacks come from the lead leg and hand, but that is not to say you can't use both sides. Many people train in JKD CONCEPTS, but not pure JKD. I feel if in ones' JKD training they are working on techniques from multiple martial sciences it is not pure JKD. It strays from the pure
@CountVonBrink curriculum. Even Sifu Inosanto, He is great! but the fact that he added escrima and still calls it JKD takes away from the purity and to me, that makes it no longer JKD.
@CountVonBrink Basically, Bruce told his students to go out and teach what they learned, not what he taught. That is the problem, to many instructors are teaching what they say Bruce taught instead of what they learned. Its kind of like a word of mouth story that keeps changing by the time it reaches from one end of the world to the next. Ted, which you probably know, trained with Bruce longer and more often than any of his other students. Ted was left with Bruce's most pure and complete form
@scoeman1 Thats what Ted's students repeat, those exact words. Im not involved in politics and I dont discredit the other students; Jerry, Taky, Daniel, etc...
@CountVonBrink No discredit, I just don't see adding another style to JKD as pure. There is a difference is Jun Fan Gung Fu, and Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do.
@scoeman1 Its not pure. But how is Ted modifying it also pure?
Taky and Jerry are of the side who arent adding. they teach as they learned but also as Bruce taught. As you said. They taught waht was taught but also but they learned, the freedom, exploration and discovery.
@CountVonBrink Ted modifying it is still pure, because his modifications are not adding to the art, but continually unlocking new ideas of Bruce's complex thought of simplicity. So basically it is taking away to make it more simple. Less movement to be more simple. That is why it remains pure. No added style techniques. Pure basics to make simplicity. JKD is an art of BIophysics.
@aloneisthekey86 I am an instructor under Jerry ad have been for many years. People try to add on, to make it better, and they always violate one of the principles. Bruce was singularly spectacular. Jerry got it. But many out there who think simplpy " do what works" dont have the capacity to carry on and BE it and are better off just following instructions. To say you understand like you know it all is exactly what one should be careful of.
@CountVonBrink QUESTION!! As I am no expert: Do the philosophies of JKD apply (primarily) to street-fighting (i.e. self-defence) or competitive martial arts (i.e. MMA)??
Grappling, as shown here is all well and good in a safe environment (i.e. a ring), but most of us know, in a street fight...where there is often gravel, random objects, and possibly multiple assailants....going to ground is the best way to get hurt...quickly.
@crazy4japan The philosophies can be applied to life, not just martial arts as Ive found so far. Competitive fighting has rules which are obstructions. You cant do this, dont do that, no hitting there. its limiting. Competitive fighting isnt a fight. It takes skill, but in a real fight one doesnt have the safety or boundaries of rules. Anything goes, this means that fights do end up on the ground so its a good idea to know how to handle yourself on the ground. Every fight is diffrnt. sometimes
@crazy4japan Sometimes going to the ground is better depending on who youre fighting, how many, and where you are (and more). just have to ascertain the situation. You can apply Bruce's principles to anything, simplicity, economy of motion, etc. Im sure he didnt want people to be limited by his teachings also, but to use it as a guide to your own path wherever that may go, but no one has done it better as he raised the mark very high.
@Threeyoungbloods be more worried about what u can do then that of your teacher, you don't live his life you live yours. do you think tommy would be commenting I CAN DO BETTER. ? then state that hes the best no he would say "nice video" if he even wanted to comment lol stop giving your teacher a bad name let alone jkd
Jun Fan Gung Fu, the core of JKD, has a set system of principles, techniques, and strategies that must be learned or it won't be Bruce Lee's JKD. Its not just do what you like, make up your own JKD, and all that nonsense. I happen to be a certified instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto and Sifu Paul Vunak and I'll tell you there is a lot of intense training involved. A lot of learning. JKD is very challenging but makes a lot os sense because it is based on science and logic, not traditions.
@jkdsifu can u help us then understand what exactly JKD is? there's a lot of different things being said here. I'm leaning more along the lines of what you are saying...that there is a core system of principles and movements. That's what I read anyway. Any help would be appreciated. I study Wing Chun, but it's not exactly what I'd call traditional...i.e. we incorporate other movements and even some...SOME grappling...to an extent.
@crazy4japan Yes, i would say using a gun is part of JKD a gun is a mere extension of the human body, a tool just like a stick, sword or knife. "Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the Objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points" Tao- Pg 12. I'd say using a gun pretty much cuts out the b.s and gets straight to the point XD
@crazy4japan The concept of jkd is this "Be formless, shapeless- like water, now you put water into a cup it becomes the cup you put it into a bottle it because the bottle you put it into tea cup it becomes the tea cup, Now water can flow or it can crash-be water my friend"- Bruce lee. Basically adapt change and use whatever you know to adapt and cope with the situation. If your opponent goes to the ground and u know to grapple then grapple, if he stands then use some standing tech.
JKD is extremely relevant to today's world. Where do you think the concept behind MMA came from? Bruce Lee is the father of MMA. MMA is JKD in sport-form. Since 1964 Bruce Lee taught his students to fight in Kickboxing, Clinching, and Ground range. This was a time when stand-up fighters never grappled, and grapplers never did stand-up. It was against the rules. Bruce Lee said you need to train in all ranges of combat. And JKD is a real martial art that you can learn, not just philosophy.
I will try my best to explain JKD. Bruce Lee intended for JKD to evolve grow adapt and change, as times changed. It was never meant to be preserved like fruit in its original state. The core is called Jun Fan (original JKD) which is modified Wing Chun, Boxing, Chin Na, and Chinese Gung Fu. Later on other arts were added such as Muay Thai, Filipino Kali, Silat, Savate, Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu, Judo, and several others. There are over 26 arts in modern JKD. That is the evolution. So yes this is JKD.
MMA has taken over now for street defense, military, law enforcement and sport. JKD had it;s time but it is over. The Marines train in mix so do the police, sport fighters and self defense players. I ;m sorry but i was a big fan but all this JKD just isn't relevant anymore. Plus there are so many phony JKD teachers, enough said.
bruce lees root is jun fan not JKD. JKD does not have a root if it is a philosophy and not a style. he used Junfan because that is what he was good at, if he was a wrestler then that'll be the base/root. JKD is using what is sensible. Therefore JKD concept or sensible fighting existed before, during & after lee. He taught nothing new.
If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from "this" or from "that," then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it. Don't get hung up on labels and parameters. JKD is alive and therefore always changing; JKD embodies all and no style simultaneously, thus cannot be compared."
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water"
Bruce Lee would have considered this JKD, because it appears to be following the principles of JKD. there is no set "style" for true JKD. now, some JKD branches emphasize different styles that are incorporated into their training. but a true JKD practitioner will use what is useful to HIM, not what is useful to others.
this is not JKD cause i take JUN FAN JEET KUNE the traditional JKD and this is not it sorry guys this is fake jkd :( this is jkd kick boxing or anything else invented bye non BL
I am learning a new system called CLEAR COMBAT. They take sport fighters and enhance your skills for the street. We use a lot of finger jabs, elbows, palms, throws, sweeps and chokes. We focus on striking to damage, then into a full hip throws, then turn our opponent on his stomach to choke..
Wake up Yall... JKD is a system. Lose the collie, lose the wing chun, shoot lose everything that is not JKD. JKD IS NOT WHAT EVER WORKS. It has set footwork, set strikes and rules. Yeah, Bruce hesitated to label it... BUT HE DID. It's a system. If you are working with someone who cannot Precisely define JKD then you are working with the wrong person. Trust me... I have been on both sides... get it?
Bruce Lee's life philosophy and general appraoch to Martial Arts was always to never confine yourself to a system or routine, having no way as way. Just as he himself did, he encouraged people to look into other arts, like he looked into western boxing and fencing.
There are certain techniques and principles that are associated with JKD, such as the straight lead and the Hammer Principle, but these were just high percentage attacks that Bruce Lee discovered during his research.
Yeah well I just address the facts in a logical way. he called it JKD. He did name it. He made it, named it, polished it and then passed away. i have trained mostley under Dan's guys and there was always confusion. I then began to train under Ted Wong's guy and it was simple. This is the footwork Bruce taught. That's it...if you are doing something else, say kali footwork or even boxing footwork, that's fine...but it's not JKD. Simple.
@macfarland1 Someone speaking sense. I've been lucky enough to train under Ted's vision twice. I was at the recent Tulsa event and at the seminar in Jackson,MS summer 09. My instructor is Jeremy Gordon. These ppl have no clue about pure JKD. All this talk of do what works, and boxing punches and muay thai kicks. all of these styles are good, but lack efficiency once one has reached advanced JKD level. My favorite is being able to hit a person standing 4 to 5 feet from them.lol
If a 'Jeet Kune Do' instructor told me that I should only be doing his 'set footwork, set strikes and rules', I wouldn't want to train under that person.
You are wrong my friend, as are you "holdendowns" There are techniques which are JKD, it is a style that can be developed! "Macfarland" is 100% right! The foot work (stance etc) is essential, as are the strikes etc. Yes you can use what ever is needed when in combat but the basic moves apply! If you had a stance like a boxer the power would not exist in the punch as it does when punching JKD stlye, it is the same as a kick, we use different kicks to say a Thai boxer! Jkd has it's own style!!!!
wait up a minute. Boxer punch is more devasting than JKD and lot of kick in JKD is from Muay Thay, because Muay Thay have strongest kicks in the world. Get your facts straight!
@InterceptingDragon That is absolute rubbish, I train in JKD and we often show the difference between a Thai-boxers kick and JKD, we snap the kick (keeping very loose intui moment of impact) for speed and power, where as a Thai fighter goes mainly for power involving a completely different technique, i should know, my trainer was a Thai fighter! Where is your proof that a boxers punch is more devastating? I used to box and after 5minutes of using jkd, I could feel more power! so i have my facts!
My prove is science. I watched human weapon, where they compeared punches from many styles, inculding, karate, boxing, kung fu, tae kwon do etc. By science it was proven, that most powerfull punch is boxing punch! You have your exp as you prove, I have science as prove! It allso show that Muay Thay kicks produce most presure on one cm2! Its science, dont argue with it!
I agree that Muay thai kicks are devastating, there is no question about it! I spar with my friend who is trained in Muay Thai and when his kicks land they hurt! I would have to see the proof but punch power, but for me JKD punches work for me! I wish I could show you and see what you think, on a bag of what ever!
All JKD is, is taking what works for you in any martial art wherever you find it and incorporating it into your repetoire. That's what Bruce said, he also regretted giving JKD a name cause he said it was too limiting. JKD is NOT a style, but a way to train and learn your own personal style of martial arts, which will be different for everyone.
You are correct in some aspects, but the basis of JKD has movements which are only specific to JKD (obviously a lot has been taken from Wing-chin) but i couldn't be a boxer, who then did some muay thai, then some taekwondo then call myself a JKD person! we use strong arm in front, we have a unique stance, arching straight arm punches etc.
But in respect you can build on that basis and implement what ever is required during combat!
Its no doubt, JKD is best system of self defence! Bruce Lee was genius and if he invented this fighting system, I have no doubts about its power! But when it comes to presure on one cm2, bexing is more devasting. JKD have other things what boxing dont have (like devasting speed, full use of your body, clever stance, great tactics, hand trapings, best footwork etc) because boxing is just a sport, JKD- Self Defence! But we was talking about raw strenght of punch! Did I convinced you my friend?
as someone has already said: this is not Jeet Kune Do! jeet kune do is economy of movement, is simplicity is to resolve this problem immediately, is a whole other thing! and then in jeet kune do there are sticks and knives! is art that catches your fist, not the knives! Stop calling JKD any mix of martial arts! not saying that this is not effective, but I say that you have to call it differently because it is not absolutely jeet kune do!
its funny how jkd has turned into a filopino martial art
wingchunsifu83 2 months ago
The rules of this point is you have to get them before they get you, you learn it from your own master from your ownself. For all the wc/jkd fighter's out there, keep up the good work, don't argue with peoples who doesn't understand a thing or two.. They'll know it when you get inside the ring with them only.
accurateWCapproach 2 months ago
Beginning didn't look great for me. For those who thought that, watch a bit more. It's actually pretty decent and flows.
sangtawon 2 months ago
Lets make it clear. There are two kind of JKD practitioners. One practices JKD concepts (add what is useful to original JKD) and one that practices strictly original JKD (Just how Bruce taught it). What JKD is NOT...is learning as much varied martial arts and calling it JKD. One has to learn and practice Bruce's way as guideline. To truly understand what is efficient and effective of the human body before researching your own truth. Which then you won't care for cuz you see the BS behind TMA.
simonmafy 3 months ago
@simonmafy I dont see all TMA as BS personally, but I do see alot of wasted motion in them. I toss out what I wont use and stay with simple so it's reflex and quick.
But I wouldn't go as far as saying all TMA is BS. After all, what inspired JKD was TMA, he just thought the ones he studied were too complicated or too defensive or something.
There are simple quick powerful TMA's though. Not many, but they exist.
sangtawon 2 months ago
I'm just starting out in JKD and love it. Can you tell me though, is that catch wrestling? I've seen a few JKD videos that have similar techniques, and my instructor has already gone over the "figure 4" arm lock which I think is catch. Just curious, because I've always wanted to train catch as well lol. Thanks guys.
williambbertram 3 months ago
Don't think - just do... very nice. Reaction in the medulla oblongata is everything and I can see that these drills prepare for the real street confrontation.
ChadC919 3 months ago
@PSG1BEN Thank you. Also, the video was very nice - In the words of the punk singer Vanilla Ice: slick dead moves, by the dozen; battles - please step up 'cause I luv 'em...
ChadC919 4 months ago
from what ive leant of jkd i think this is jkd. JKD has no set techniques, it has a group of techniques from other arts and you choose which you are best at. It then uses drills to improve the attributes to allow you to execute the techniques and some philosophys to allow you to defeat an opponant like forward pressure and high-low-high. so when you see a technique you cant say if its jkd or not, but you can see if the philosophys are used, in which case it is
mrperson722 4 months ago
Well as a practioner of this way of fighting let me 1st say that for the most part everyone who has commented on this is basically right. Sifu Bruce was not able to continue on with what intended JKD to be obviously because of his untimely death. What you see in this video is not true JKJKD it is JKD concepts. JKD was meant for the practioner to ccontinue on with his own training after developing the basic gist of what Sifu was instructing.
tha1gixxer 5 months ago
Isn't this krav maga?
3lementa1 5 months ago
smooth transitioning....!
jugerknott09 6 months ago
JKD is the freestyle fighting.
kanyis19 6 months ago
i like your JKD, this is the way !!! keep on !!!
akpalus7 8 months ago
i realy like this video cos it show what jkd is about , it about use any technique necessary to claim victory there is not a spesific way of jkd , its all about victory , jkd is not A martial art jkd IS matial art.
saturn3186 9 months ago
ERIK PAULSON FTW!
XiaoLinLong 9 months ago
nice video
FatCake959 10 months ago
heres a few bruce lee quotes
1) "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."
— Bruce Lee
2)"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it."
— Bruce Lee (Tao of Jeet Kune Do)
3)"Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation."
— Bruce Lee (Tao of Jeet Kune Do)
how anyone can say what is and isnt jkd doesnt make sense based on the founders own comments.
shifudan 10 months ago
@shifudan well said
2bsure 8 months ago
this is not jkd
BOVINEable 10 months ago
that looks like krav maga ... isn't???
carlosz013 10 months ago
For those who don't know, this guy is Erik Paulson. He is multiple Shooto Wrestling Champion, full JKD and Fillipino Martial Arts qualified under Guru Dan Inosanto. BJJ with Gracies and Machados, Muay Thai under Ajan Chai Sirisute, wrestling etc. He specialises in grappling and currently on Brock Lesnars training team.
robMAG1C 11 months ago
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robMAG1C 11 months ago
Good stuff !!
but thats MMA, too much take downs and hitting with the shin,,
JKD is a philosophy after all,, its not a style
this philosophy doesnt recommend kicking with your shin while wearing a shoe,, coz u can hit with the tip of the shoe and cause more damage with less effort..
it also doesnt recommend take downs at all,, specially that its a Street Fight Philosophy... its good to know how to grapple.. but it isnt wise to use it in the street
gtsgate 1 year ago
How can anyone say what is & isn't JKD, i thought the whole point was that there is no specific 'way' Theoretically any martial art can be incorperated into jkd as long as the user isn't limited to thinking that one martial art only is the correct way. I don't really see any point in arguing over what is & isn't jkd when anything can be incorporated. everything & anything can be jkd, as long as the person understands that a block or attack is not the only attack to be used in any given situation
PSG1BEN 1 year ago 9
@PSG1BEN that was beautiful man :)
ninjamaster2995 1 year ago 3
In jeet kune do martial art , its teach you what you should not do,you can do anything you want but its does not teach what you should do, this video should explain the way what the real jeet kune do explain.A lot of peoples out there learn a bit of jeet kune do stuff and claim themself a jkd expert.They don know enough yet what jkd is all about, its a very deep art as Bruce Lee have study ''TAO'' a very deep meaning which have study in china for more than 1,000 years ago.
vincent7125 10 months ago
@PSG1BEN actually blocks are not used at all
benrat768 6 months ago
@PSG1BEN I agree with you man...well said it....
2011BRUJO 2 months ago
@PSG1BEN Very well said!!!
starscream4282 1 month ago
JKD is simplify not complicate. Definitely, It´s not jkd.
contatodirigido 1 year ago
he's definitely a concepts guy. well obviously, and he's quite a badass concepts guy. I studied original jkd for a year, then i decided to look into concepts. Its not bad, their philosophy actually remains the same, but they apply it to different arts like muay thai and make it more economical.
ringaming 1 year ago
NICE
charliejunfan13 1 year ago
um who cares if this is not pure JKD? this guy is good , expessing his own interpertation of JKD and FMA .
jamesinct 1 year ago
@jamesinct Hey even if this is not pure jkd i would still take this in a heart beat over most traditional styles because most of them are to limited in what you can do or learn.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
i see alot of kali grappling and judo but this is a good video i say the army should use this system of close-combat
ShaolinRyan 1 year ago
That's great CAMPER...just don't call something that isn't JKD...JKD. It's good--granted--it should stand on it's own without trying to take advantage of name recognition??????????????????????
squatch1958 1 year ago
Even if this is not pure jkd i would still take this in a heart beat over most traditional arts because for one thing most traditional arts are to limited like aikido,judo,kick boxing,taekwondo and alot more there good but to limited.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
Not a bad martial artist, but THIS IS NOT JKD! Perhaps a move or two here or there, but for the most part it's comprised of mainly of the Filipino Martial Arts, & Combat Submission Wrestling. Calling it JKD get a lot more YouTube hits though!
squatch1958 1 year ago
Alot of the grappling he is doing is seen in jeet kune do enter trapping to grappling,jeet kune do,tao of jeet kune do and jeet kune do unlimted the kick boxing is seen in jun fan jeet kune do kick boxing,the wing chun is seen in those books and jun fan jeet kune do the text book just get those books from amazon and you will see pretty much every thing this guy is showing here and see this is jkd i had all of those books and alot more not to mention the dvds i have and have had.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 What you are failing to understand is that all the styles that you are mentioning are not in JKD. They are just those styles. Wing chun is a trapping art.Bruce abandoned trapping.JKD has no trapping. That is to much movement just to hit. grappling is used for sport. JKD is used to take someone out as quickly as possible. Kickboxing lacks footwork. JKD is all about footwork. JKD is an art in itself. Not a mixed martial art. Read between the lines of his books, not the broad
scoeman1 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 perspective. Many of Bruce's students, with the exception of Ted Wong, were already blackbelts in a specific style when they started training with Bruce. Ted Wong had no training at all. Bruce only had his schools open for 2 years and most of his students dispersed. Ted was with him until he died. He has more JKD knowledge than anyone, and is still studying Bruce's notes that are over 6000+ pages. Those books are totally random. A most are before he started JKD production.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 He made 10 volumes of books that were composed of notes that he and his students made he did alot of it while he was layed up in bed due to his back injury and yes alot of his students new other arts and he learned from them to just like he learned some wrestling from Gene Lebel,jujitsu,from Pro.Wally J.,high kicks from Chuck Norris,wing chun from Ip Man,Tai-Chi from his dad he learned from his books he had in his library,from watching footage on western boxing and other arts.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@scoeman1 He used to get challenged so much that Bob Wall who played Ohara in enter the dragon became his body gaurd people would stomp there feet 3 times on the ground to initiat a challenge some times he would take it and some times he would not bother one guy even jumped over his fence and into his back yard and challenged Bruce and Bruce kicked the shit out him the extras would challenge him on the set of enter the dragon all so alot of them were gang members.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
And even if this was not jkd i would still take this in a heart beat over most traditional styles traditional styles are good some better than others but this is way better than most of them but this is jkd or jkd unlimited.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
Another thing he is doing is whats called in jkd enter trapping to grappling and going through the 4 ranges of combat.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
Another jkd instructer is Jerry Poteet.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
Another book is june fan jeet kune do the text book just go to amazon you can get books and dvds on probably any style you can think of.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
If you dont believe me get the books tao of jeet kune do,Jeet kune do,june fan jeet kune do kick boxing,jeet kune do enter trapping to grappling,jeet kune do exspressing the human body those are just some of the books i use to have and watch the clips of those instructers i mentioned on youtube another instructer is master wong he teaches jkd,wing chun and tai-chi,i use to have over 60 books on over 11 different styles i have training dvds on alot of different arts to.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
The moves he is using are from different arts jkd uses like kali,escrima,wing chun,jujitsu,thai boxing,western boxing,savate jkd usumes all forms and is bound by none i have seen other jkd instructers do all of same things wether it be Dan Ino santo,Larry Harstel,Paul Vunak or who ever.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
I have news for you people every thing that this guy is showing is taught in jeet kune do and jeet kune do unlimited witch was made by Burton Richardson so you people that say this aint jkd youre full of shit and yes there are and have been people that claim to be taught by Bruce that he never met that try to make money off of his name and system poeple have done the same with ninjutsu and other arts.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
Nice!
talon115 1 year ago
é davvero uno dei più bei video che ho visto su questa disciplina...complimenti!!!
TheMassoneria 1 year ago
JKD is not just a compilated style, yes a principle, but an ART.The Tao of Jeet Kune Do is not meant to teach people how to do JKD. It is merely a compilation of Bruce Lee's notes. If people want to self teach jkd they should look up Teri Tom's (Ted Wong's 10yr student) book, The Straight Lead.
scoeman1 1 year ago
Esto no es JKD
Endor1233 1 year ago
Even if this was not real jkd i would still take it in a heart beat its better than most styles.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
Bruce learn wing chun from Ip Man,wrestling and judo techniques from Gene Labell,jujitsu techniques from prof Wally J. and techniques from other arts and poeple and put the techniques he liked in jkd do better research,you can use any techniques from any arts thats why jkd is one of the best arts is because your not limited like you are in other arts.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
2:00 lol beating up blak people! (no offence)
Mudatthir 1 year ago
If you don't evole you die.
etphonehome2915 1 year ago
Nie umiecie sie bic -.- Bruce by was rozlozyl w kilka sekund :P
Judas591 1 year ago
Slabe
Judas591 1 year ago
And where exactly is the economy of motion here? LOL
Someone has deluded themselves into thinking that they are doing JKD.
Good looking moves no doubt, but not JKD
j33tkun3dodude1 1 year ago
I think Bruce was great, but Benny The Jet was even better. But I will say that no one will ever come close to Bruce when putting together a fight scene. He was the best.
clearcombat 1 year ago
cough... cricket chirping
Wolfgath 1 year ago
To the person that says this is not jeet kune do your an idiot jeet kune do uses all styles and i had alot of Bruce Lee's books and his students includding the tao of jeet kune do,jeet kune do,jeet kune do trapping to grappling,june fan jeet kune do kickboxing i had dvds by his students all so and have watched several of his students teaching like Dan,Larry.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 So you can just do whatever you want?
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Yes the only thing that is set in jkd is its stances other than that you use any technique that works for you.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 Not true, JKD has one stance. and its not any technique.
Simple, direct. nothing more.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Yes i all ready know all that he took the stance from fencing is there any thing else you want to say that i dont all ready know.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 And boxing. Theres more to it, and by what youve said so far, youve got it wrong. Not bashing you.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Yes he took moves from wrestling,wing chun,fencing,western boxing,jujitsu,chi-na,other styles of kung fu and other arts he took what ever he liked from different arts he learned from other instructers from books he had in his library he really hurt his back doing a weight lifting exercise called good mornings,he use to teach cha cha to poeple he went to colledge for philosophy,Bob Wall use to be his body guard any thing elseJessy Glover was one of his first students.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 Yes, thats the history. theres more to that. Ive studied under 2 of his original students, met several during the nucleus days, am certified under one, and spent time in china studying classical arts. Not bashing you, just being clear.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Well youre verry lucky but there is pretty much nothing that you can tell me about Bruce or jkd i probably dont know not saying i know every thing but i have done alot of research on both just like i know that some of Bruce Lee's first students just want or wanted to teach just what he taught them and others new that he wanted his system to keep evolving and i know about jun fan jeet kune do and all that all so.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 Ok, you know it all already, I cant tell you anything.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 If this were totally true, you could go out and swing your arms around and call it JKD. Bruce gave a name to what he was doing, and when he taught, he laid the foundation of others to discover themselves. Using what works for you, no matter what style, but Bruce was a genius and he set the bar very high. No one has been able to improve on what he did, so we do what he did in the beginning, then we become free. dont voilate the JKD principles and call it JKD
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink I dont care what you say i have done plenty of research on jkd so i know what im talking about you can watch his students right here on youtube like duh and i have had most of Bruce Lee's best books i have seen actual footage of him training and talking about his art and i have seen footage of his students and interviews with them and alot of the things they show you in movies about Bruce Lee's life are lies that hollywood made up like how his back was injured for example.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 Im an instructor under one of the few student that Bruce also trained privately.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Well i know of alot of his students so what his name alot of his students that he trained privately or at his home were movie stars or martial artist like Chuck Norris,James Cobourn,Kareem Abdul Jabar,Joe Lewis and not the boxer the karate champion,Paul Vunak,Larry Harstel,Dan Inosanto,Ted Wong need i go on.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 Actually I would like to intervene in saying that I have met Sifu Wong personally and bruce definitely did injure his back, and to say those books are on Jun Fan Gung Fu and not JKD. Bruce Lee never introduced JKD to the world, only to his closest and most personal student, which I have trained under by the name Ted Wong. And just to let you know, JKD is based off of fencing and Western Boxing, none of the styles that you have mentioned. Especially not wing chun.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 I said he injured has back he did it lifting weights i had some of his books and his students books i have had dvds by his students and i have seen plenty of interviews with his wife and students and him and yes he did introduce it to the world he used the go to Ed Parkers karate tournaments and demonstrate jeet kune do and wing chun he put books out on jeet kune do one was called tao of jeet kune do,another one was jeer kune do witch is a exapansion of that book and he had more.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 I ment to say the other book was jeet kune do,he all so had 4 real small books,exsressing the human body he had like 10 volumes,his students had books all so just go to amazon you can find some of them there and he only took one thing from fencing the stance and wing chun is a big part of his art and he took what he liked from different styles and what worked for him the motto of jeet kune do is take what is usefull reject what is use less and add what is specificaly your own.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 And the JKD motto is Making Way out of NO Way and Using Limitation as no limitation sir.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 Well i had Bruce Lee's books that he wrote and one of there saying is take whats usefull reject what is useless and add spacicaly what is youre own you can go to amazon and get the books they are tao of jeet kune do and jeet kune do sir.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 If you pay close attention, Bruce was not the author of any of those books. I have read ALL of Bruce's books and am a practitioner of JKD. I Have Trained with his most accredited Student. Those books are merely notes. Only one person was ever taught pure JKD and that was Ted Wong. Now he teaches it. Those demos were Bruce when he was formulating JKD and modifying Gung Fu. So to correct you, HE didn't put out anything. HIs wife allowed those books to be written by John Little.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@TheShinobi32 And any book considered a book on JKD was written post death of Bruce. IF you watch the vids closely he uses trapping techniques. In pure JKD there is no trapping. NO blocking period. JKD is the art of interception. Attacking as your opponent thinks to attack.
scoeman1 1 year ago
i agree too that some of techniques here doesn't work on a fight or on streets.. street fighters dont punch and kick like someone that has a knowledge in martial arts.. if one wants to test if his lessons in martial arts really work he should test it on street or in a real life stuation., street fights are very very different from dojo's it is live and changing.., thats maybe bruce use the work ever changing, or formless and shapeless., peace to all martial artist... specialy JKDers, i m in JKD
lytningflash 1 year ago
@lytningflash Thats what Bruce realized. He didnt want to be bounded to forms and techiques and sequences. The point of a fight, is to fight. And there are no rules except to use what you got and get the job done in the simplest most direct way possible.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Dude you're an instructor aren't you? Coz you sound like one. I have been doing JKD for a year and i always hear the same explanation even from our instructor. Much respect
tristet2002 1 year ago
@tristet2002 :) Yes I am. I hate to get it into on the interenet but its not to keep quiet.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
how about chi sao and lapsao those are techniques too. straight blast is a technique, juk tek or jeet tek (stop hit)is a technique, interception is a technique. blocking and punching is a technique.. so the only answer is find one that works perfectly for you or on a fight.
lytningflash 1 year ago
@lytningflash Correction. Interception is not a technique. Interception is a feeling.
scoeman1 1 year ago
this is JKD i believe., think JKD Has techniques otherwise you cant call it a martial arts with no techniques to perform..,bruce always talks about different techniques.every martial arts and fighting method has techniques, a simple punch is called a technique. a double puch, is called a double punching technique, Progressive Indirect Attack (PIA) is called a technique.. you can use anything that works perfectly for you..
lytningflash 1 year ago
to all jeet kune do fans jeet kune do is a formless art. in which there are not set rules, regulations, guide lines. tao of jeet kune do is a tool to help us become better martial artist and a better human beings. to have someone tell me i dont understand is ob-sered. considering ive trained with jerry poteet i think i know what im talkin about.
aloneisthekey86 1 year ago
jeet kune do bruce lee's art of jeet kune do is a formless art which you can you use any martial art to make the best use of. if we only imitate bruce lee were copying him. remember jeet kune do is based on wing chun fencing foot work and western boxing. bruce lee also states use what works for you and use his book as a guide line to help you improve your self as a martial artist not to copy him!!!!! fucking noobs. better study harder on his philosophy!
aloneisthekey86 1 year ago
@aloneisthekey86 What Bruce was doing, I have not seen anyone alive today able to carry on besides a few of his original students. He didnt want people to be limited, by a goal or by "him", but no one Ive seen has surpassed Bruce Lee. So to act like you understand is shameless.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink i do understand you dont understand ive been studying bruce lees art for many years trained with jerry poteet. also read everything about his art aswell as his philosophy. before you open your mouth you should understand that jeet kune do is a art of using anything that works in a fast efficient way also simplicity. jeet kune do dose not beat around the bush. also bruce lee wished he never gave his art a name. cuz of comment like yours in which you may not even know anything about
aloneisthekey86 1 year ago
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CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Ok, so I am a 2nd generation student of Bruce Lee's. Trained directly from Ted Wong under supervision of Jeremy Gordon,my chief Instructor in JKD. IF you want to see the closest person to Bruce alive, it would be Him. Look up Boxers Rebellion org and you will find us. We are affiliated with just about every JKD system including Hardcore,Jun Fan,and Real,also Bob Wall, Joe Louis, Grand Master John Pellegrini and more.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 Ive also trained with Ted in the early 90's.
Heres your cookie.,
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Thats awesome, but Ted has been continually modifying JKD. The simplicity factor keeps changing according to the notes of Bruce's that Ted studies. I have trained with him in the Past two years, so what you received has definitely been modified since.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 Is it any better or worse that Ted modified things? Not necessarily either. Im fortunate to have learned the method and philosphy exactly as BL tuaght it in Chinatown, and when I was ready I explored other arts and applied BL principles to what I learned but I dont mix it and call it JKD. Who am I to improve on what he did? And if I were someone I'd still not meddle out of respect. One thing I've learned is that everyone thinks their instructor is the best. Keep an open mind, they all
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink of JKD. Im not knocking any other styles or arts because they are all great and beneficial in their own right, but the wing chun, based on bruce, is inefficient in modern day fighting because no one punches that slow, if they are proficient, for you to use sticking hands, and grappling is useful but who grapples in a street fight. That is sport. JKD utilizes the modified fencer's footwork/boxing, and many kicks that come via modified tae kwon do. Do not forget he was a close
scoeman1 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink of Jun Rhee, father of modern day tae kwon do in america. Bruce trained with many not to utilize their styles and add them to JKD but to learn their weaknesses. Like the idea that in JKD 90% of your attacks come from the lead leg and hand, but that is not to say you can't use both sides. Many people train in JKD CONCEPTS, but not pure JKD. I feel if in ones' JKD training they are working on techniques from multiple martial sciences it is not pure JKD. It strays from the pure
scoeman1 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink curriculum. Even Sifu Inosanto, He is great! but the fact that he added escrima and still calls it JKD takes away from the purity and to me, that makes it no longer JKD.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 Yes. I agree with all of this. Im sayign the same thing
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@scoeman1 received training and it's going to be slightly different for each. We could go on about this in the end we might agree.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Basically, Bruce told his students to go out and teach what they learned, not what he taught. That is the problem, to many instructors are teaching what they say Bruce taught instead of what they learned. Its kind of like a word of mouth story that keeps changing by the time it reaches from one end of the world to the next. Ted, which you probably know, trained with Bruce longer and more often than any of his other students. Ted was left with Bruce's most pure and complete form
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 Thats what Ted's students repeat, those exact words. Im not involved in politics and I dont discredit the other students; Jerry, Taky, Daniel, etc...
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink No discredit, I just don't see adding another style to JKD as pure. There is a difference is Jun Fan Gung Fu, and Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 Its not pure. But how is Ted modifying it also pure?
Taky and Jerry are of the side who arent adding. they teach as they learned but also as Bruce taught. As you said. They taught waht was taught but also but they learned, the freedom, exploration and discovery.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink Ted modifying it is still pure, because his modifications are not adding to the art, but continually unlocking new ideas of Bruce's complex thought of simplicity. So basically it is taking away to make it more simple. Less movement to be more simple. That is why it remains pure. No added style techniques. Pure basics to make simplicity. JKD is an art of BIophysics.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@scoeman1 There are original students that havent changed a thing, they leave off where the student picks up and explores on their own.
So Ted is improving upon what Bruce did?
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink The most complicated and mal practiced techniques are the footwork and straight lead, which are the core of JKD.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink This other guy in the conversation, just doesn't understand the actual curriculum that JKD follows.
scoeman1 1 year ago
@aloneisthekey86 I am an instructor under Jerry ad have been for many years. People try to add on, to make it better, and they always violate one of the principles. Bruce was singularly spectacular. Jerry got it. But many out there who think simplpy " do what works" dont have the capacity to carry on and BE it and are better off just following instructions. To say you understand like you know it all is exactly what one should be careful of.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@CountVonBrink QUESTION!! As I am no expert: Do the philosophies of JKD apply (primarily) to street-fighting (i.e. self-defence) or competitive martial arts (i.e. MMA)??
Grappling, as shown here is all well and good in a safe environment (i.e. a ring), but most of us know, in a street fight...where there is often gravel, random objects, and possibly multiple assailants....going to ground is the best way to get hurt...quickly.
crazy4japan 1 year ago
@crazy4japan The philosophies can be applied to life, not just martial arts as Ive found so far. Competitive fighting has rules which are obstructions. You cant do this, dont do that, no hitting there. its limiting. Competitive fighting isnt a fight. It takes skill, but in a real fight one doesnt have the safety or boundaries of rules. Anything goes, this means that fights do end up on the ground so its a good idea to know how to handle yourself on the ground. Every fight is diffrnt. sometimes
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
@crazy4japan Sometimes going to the ground is better depending on who youre fighting, how many, and where you are (and more). just have to ascertain the situation. You can apply Bruce's principles to anything, simplicity, economy of motion, etc. Im sure he didnt want people to be limited by his teachings also, but to use it as a guide to your own path wherever that may go, but no one has done it better as he raised the mark very high.
CountVonBrink 1 year ago
very nice!!! where are you from?!
TheVeritasilias 1 year ago
SO MY TEACHER TOMMY CARRUTHERS can do better than that lol i hate this tommy carruthers the best teacher ever in my life
Threeyoungbloods 1 year ago
@Threeyoungbloods be more worried about what u can do then that of your teacher, you don't live his life you live yours. do you think tommy would be commenting I CAN DO BETTER. ? then state that hes the best no he would say "nice video" if he even wanted to comment lol stop giving your teacher a bad name let alone jkd
dukeslaps 1 year ago
I don't know this guy at all, but his submissions suck. Anybody who "headlocks" during a fight doesn't know how to fight.
del1000005 1 year ago
Jun Fan Gung Fu, the core of JKD, has a set system of principles, techniques, and strategies that must be learned or it won't be Bruce Lee's JKD. Its not just do what you like, make up your own JKD, and all that nonsense. I happen to be a certified instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto and Sifu Paul Vunak and I'll tell you there is a lot of intense training involved. A lot of learning. JKD is very challenging but makes a lot os sense because it is based on science and logic, not traditions.
jkdsifu 1 year ago
@jkdsifu can u help us then understand what exactly JKD is? there's a lot of different things being said here. I'm leaning more along the lines of what you are saying...that there is a core system of principles and movements. That's what I read anyway. Any help would be appreciated. I study Wing Chun, but it's not exactly what I'd call traditional...i.e. we incorporate other movements and even some...SOME grappling...to an extent.
crazy4japan 1 year ago
@crazy4japan Yes, i would say using a gun is part of JKD a gun is a mere extension of the human body, a tool just like a stick, sword or knife. "Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the Objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points" Tao- Pg 12. I'd say using a gun pretty much cuts out the b.s and gets straight to the point XD
dricedt 1 year ago
@dricedt BOOYAR :D lol
crazy4japan 1 year ago
@crazy4japan The concept of jkd is this "Be formless, shapeless- like water, now you put water into a cup it becomes the cup you put it into a bottle it because the bottle you put it into tea cup it becomes the tea cup, Now water can flow or it can crash-be water my friend"- Bruce lee. Basically adapt change and use whatever you know to adapt and cope with the situation. If your opponent goes to the ground and u know to grapple then grapple, if he stands then use some standing tech.
dricedt 1 year ago
JKD is extremely relevant to today's world. Where do you think the concept behind MMA came from? Bruce Lee is the father of MMA. MMA is JKD in sport-form. Since 1964 Bruce Lee taught his students to fight in Kickboxing, Clinching, and Ground range. This was a time when stand-up fighters never grappled, and grapplers never did stand-up. It was against the rules. Bruce Lee said you need to train in all ranges of combat. And JKD is a real martial art that you can learn, not just philosophy.
jkdsifu 1 year ago
I will try my best to explain JKD. Bruce Lee intended for JKD to evolve grow adapt and change, as times changed. It was never meant to be preserved like fruit in its original state. The core is called Jun Fan (original JKD) which is modified Wing Chun, Boxing, Chin Na, and Chinese Gung Fu. Later on other arts were added such as Muay Thai, Filipino Kali, Silat, Savate, Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu, Judo, and several others. There are over 26 arts in modern JKD. That is the evolution. So yes this is JKD.
jkdsifu 1 year ago
very good clip for self defense upload more clips
MrRuose 1 year ago
This is not JKD.
TakedaMitsurugi 1 year ago
MMA has taken over now for street defense, military, law enforcement and sport. JKD had it;s time but it is over. The Marines train in mix so do the police, sport fighters and self defense players. I ;m sorry but i was a big fan but all this JKD just isn't relevant anymore. Plus there are so many phony JKD teachers, enough said.
clearcombat 1 year ago
bruce lees root is jun fan not JKD. JKD does not have a root if it is a philosophy and not a style. he used Junfan because that is what he was good at, if he was a wrestler then that'll be the base/root. JKD is using what is sensible. Therefore JKD concept or sensible fighting existed before, during & after lee. He taught nothing new.
marysighn 1 year ago
Great vid 5/5 ^^ got insane after bout 2 min 40 :)
Meatybenji116 1 year ago
i believe maybe more wing chun should be included in video as it is important aspect of JKD
tkdmijo 1 year ago
The knife techniques are great!
hoppy1970 2 years ago
If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from "this" or from "that," then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it. Don't get hung up on labels and parameters. JKD is alive and therefore always changing; JKD embodies all and no style simultaneously, thus cannot be compared."
- Bruce Lee
machdude1 2 years ago
Wrong. Basic principles stays and this is not JKD!
Jitkyundou 1 year ago
ok, I will quote Bruce again:
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water"
Bruce Lee would have considered this JKD, because it appears to be following the principles of JKD. there is no set "style" for true JKD. now, some JKD branches emphasize different styles that are incorporated into their training. but a true JKD practitioner will use what is useful to HIM, not what is useful to others.
machdude1 1 year ago 2
now, when I have finished Tao of jeet kune do. I can agree to you!
Jitkyundou 1 year ago
@machdude1 yeah in my town where they tought JKD they didnt rly refer to it as jkd,just fighting
Hivoyer 1 year ago
this is not JKD cause i take JUN FAN JEET KUNE the traditional JKD and this is not it sorry guys this is fake jkd :( this is jkd kick boxing or anything else invented bye non BL
CrackingBall1 2 years ago
JKD a system? A style? If you would take a look at what Bruce Lee says there can be no mistake about it..
" Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. "
This means that any fixed system or fixed style is not likely to survive. It will not be able to ajust to changes in random combat situations.
Adaptability to the situation is the key.
etphonehome2915 2 years ago
I am learning a new system called CLEAR COMBAT. They take sport fighters and enhance your skills for the street. We use a lot of finger jabs, elbows, palms, throws, sweeps and chokes. We focus on striking to damage, then into a full hip throws, then turn our opponent on his stomach to choke..
clearcombat 2 years ago
All
"He who knows does not speak, he who speaks does not know."
aotheman 2 years ago
Wake up Yall... JKD is a system. Lose the collie, lose the wing chun, shoot lose everything that is not JKD. JKD IS NOT WHAT EVER WORKS. It has set footwork, set strikes and rules. Yeah, Bruce hesitated to label it... BUT HE DID. It's a system. If you are working with someone who cannot Precisely define JKD then you are working with the wrong person. Trust me... I have been on both sides... get it?
macfarland1 2 years ago
collie....? man... surely as someone who's been on both side you'd at least get the name right,.... you just lost your credibility... lol
chineseporcupine 2 years ago
You missed the point.
macfarland1 2 years ago
I think Dan Inosanto would disagree with you
kaliprophet 2 years ago
Bruce Lee's life philosophy and general appraoch to Martial Arts was always to never confine yourself to a system or routine, having no way as way. Just as he himself did, he encouraged people to look into other arts, like he looked into western boxing and fencing.
There are certain techniques and principles that are associated with JKD, such as the straight lead and the Hammer Principle, but these were just high percentage attacks that Bruce Lee discovered during his research.
Gullick 2 years ago
Yeah well I just address the facts in a logical way. he called it JKD. He did name it. He made it, named it, polished it and then passed away. i have trained mostley under Dan's guys and there was always confusion. I then began to train under Ted Wong's guy and it was simple. This is the footwork Bruce taught. That's it...if you are doing something else, say kali footwork or even boxing footwork, that's fine...but it's not JKD. Simple.
macfarland1 2 years ago
@macfarland1 Someone speaking sense. I've been lucky enough to train under Ted's vision twice. I was at the recent Tulsa event and at the seminar in Jackson,MS summer 09. My instructor is Jeremy Gordon. These ppl have no clue about pure JKD. All this talk of do what works, and boxing punches and muay thai kicks. all of these styles are good, but lack efficiency once one has reached advanced JKD level. My favorite is being able to hit a person standing 4 to 5 feet from them.lol
scoeman1 1 year ago
If a 'Jeet Kune Do' instructor told me that I should only be doing his 'set footwork, set strikes and rules', I wouldn't want to train under that person.
Gullick 2 years ago
You are wrong my friend, as are you "holdendowns" There are techniques which are JKD, it is a style that can be developed! "Macfarland" is 100% right! The foot work (stance etc) is essential, as are the strikes etc. Yes you can use what ever is needed when in combat but the basic moves apply! If you had a stance like a boxer the power would not exist in the punch as it does when punching JKD stlye, it is the same as a kick, we use different kicks to say a Thai boxer! Jkd has it's own style!!!!
lukie69 2 years ago
wait up a minute. Boxer punch is more devasting than JKD and lot of kick in JKD is from Muay Thay, because Muay Thay have strongest kicks in the world. Get your facts straight!
InterceptingDragon 2 years ago
@InterceptingDragon That is absolute rubbish, I train in JKD and we often show the difference between a Thai-boxers kick and JKD, we snap the kick (keeping very loose intui moment of impact) for speed and power, where as a Thai fighter goes mainly for power involving a completely different technique, i should know, my trainer was a Thai fighter! Where is your proof that a boxers punch is more devastating? I used to box and after 5minutes of using jkd, I could feel more power! so i have my facts!
lukie69 2 years ago
My prove is science. I watched human weapon, where they compeared punches from many styles, inculding, karate, boxing, kung fu, tae kwon do etc. By science it was proven, that most powerfull punch is boxing punch! You have your exp as you prove, I have science as prove! It allso show that Muay Thay kicks produce most presure on one cm2! Its science, dont argue with it!
InterceptingDragon 2 years ago
I agree that Muay thai kicks are devastating, there is no question about it! I spar with my friend who is trained in Muay Thai and when his kicks land they hurt! I would have to see the proof but punch power, but for me JKD punches work for me! I wish I could show you and see what you think, on a bag of what ever!
Luke
lukie69 2 years ago
All JKD is, is taking what works for you in any martial art wherever you find it and incorporating it into your repetoire. That's what Bruce said, he also regretted giving JKD a name cause he said it was too limiting. JKD is NOT a style, but a way to train and learn your own personal style of martial arts, which will be different for everyone.
holdendowns 2 years ago
You are correct in some aspects, but the basis of JKD has movements which are only specific to JKD (obviously a lot has been taken from Wing-chin) but i couldn't be a boxer, who then did some muay thai, then some taekwondo then call myself a JKD person! we use strong arm in front, we have a unique stance, arching straight arm punches etc.
But in respect you can build on that basis and implement what ever is required during combat!
Luke
lukie69 2 years ago
Its no doubt, JKD is best system of self defence! Bruce Lee was genius and if he invented this fighting system, I have no doubts about its power! But when it comes to presure on one cm2, bexing is more devasting. JKD have other things what boxing dont have (like devasting speed, full use of your body, clever stance, great tactics, hand trapings, best footwork etc) because boxing is just a sport, JKD- Self Defence! But we was talking about raw strenght of punch! Did I convinced you my friend?
InterceptingDragon 2 years ago
surfcasting77 2 years ago
It's great to know YouTube is full of resident experts who know more than the people in the video because they read a book. Thanks guys!
anusgoblin 2 years ago
JKD? LOL!!
NandoPro86 2 years ago
5 stars
JosiahWarren 2 years ago
great..... but this is kali,jkd,shooto and silat. he is however applying the principle of jkd because that is what jkd is anyway.
darrellriv 2 years ago