Jeet Kune Do (JKD) is the martial art created by Bruce Lee (Li Jun Fan/Siou Lung). JKD or Way of the Intercepting Fist may be classified as a form of modern martial art. Although Jeet Kune Do is primarily inspired from Chinese gung fu, Western fencing and boxing it is more accurately, Bruce Lee's martial art. Lee felt that a real fight was unpredictable and that most classical styles emphasized dead patterns instead of live and spontaneous training. Lee also came to the conclusion the MA was Universal and that "unless there is a being with more than two arms and two legs, that there is only one style of fighting, the human style". So, Lee conceptualized martial art as a whole and embarked upon a scientific course. Not one that blended styles but one that was born of the idea of non-style, geometry and physics. One as he described as "simple, direct and non-classical". At the same time that Lee was creating his martial art he was also very much into philosophy. One source of philosophy was Zen. One of the primary tenants of Zen is detachment or more clearly, non-attachment. The tenant of non-attachment can be a paradox for most. However for Bruce Lee, it may have been the perfect vehicle of understanding (enlightenment) that he needed to create his Jeet Kune Do. While non-attachment is a mental state, non-engagement is its physical counterpart. In the sense of fighting attachment or engagement imputes struggle. So with non-engagement through the use of physical science, our goal is non-struggle or to fight with the least amount of struggle. JKD however is the way of the intercepting fist and seeks to end the fight as quickly as possible through striking. In JKD engagement is any touch reference other than the strike itself. So ours is a very aggressive form of non-engagement which is a paradox to most but the true vehicle of understanding and expressing JKD. JKD primarily emphasizes stepping and evading in order to strike without prior touch, secondarily deflecting in order to strike and lastly trapping & grappling in order to strike. For decades following Bruce Lee's death JKD was promoted as the concept of cross training and doing your own thing. This view of JKD gave birth to the creation of many freestyles and hybrids throughout the world. Not a bad thing but not JKD. Bruce Lee clearly researched the totality of martial art, which includes striking and grappling both standing up and on the ground. But because Lee found that the "height of cultivation lead to simplicity" and that non-engagement is the height of that simplicity. JKD is a scientific vehicle of expressing simplicity in the chaos of fighting. Although Lee is recognized as being an Action Superstar from Hong Kong, he was actually born in San Francisco and lived in Hong Kong until the age of 18. Around 1959 he returned to the U.S. and eventually attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he majored in philosophy. There he began the journey of creating his own method of martial art. While in the States, Lee ran three schools of martial art, Seattle WA, Oakland CA and Los Angeles CA.
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死亡的遊戲1/4by the26Club6,291 views
what the fuck are you talking about
vincent7125 1 week ago
I think the prejudice mentioned here about bruce not being taught by the top man is not true, so many full chinese dont ever get to learn from the top man either, you really have to work your way up like in a job to even the chance to be work with the top man. I myself never got so far either, only one or two got that opportunity back then, of course these days they're a lot more open.
P4PDeliverySystem 1 month ago
I have to say, this is the first time I've come across a youtube vid of Lee with a description that actually makes sense and gets close to the heart of what he was about. Too many people think he was all about 'ripping hearts out' and 'moving matter with his mind' and rubbish like that. He was simply a human who cultivated his work so well, it reached the simplicity of animal instinct. His thoughts apply to every human art in which complex tasks must be performed simply and with ease.
LutenistDeMari 4 months ago
the sad thing is when you reach Bruc's level you can't fight at your full potential who knows how amazing he'd be in a life or death fight?
Thardoc 5 months ago