JKD simplified for MAP users

Although I have had a few disagreements with Chris politically, few can doubt his actual experience within JKD - here are his thoughts

http://www.bruceleefoundation.org/i...NING-:-SHADOW-KICKBOXING/cdid/10646/pid/10225

Even a casual glance at the Tao shows how much shadowboxing bruce actually did

Wing Chun will* hit wall bags, dummies, mitts and each other with frequency



You are right that JKD is complex to define - which is a paradox when you look at the search it has for simplicity - so perhaps it may be best to not start these kinds of threads


Concentrate on the journey of personal combative gnosis - THAT is probably as close to a simple definition as you will get










*or pehaps more accurately GOOD Wing Chun will

 

wing chun is the root of my own personal jkd, and sometimes revealing your sources, even quoting the original source of jkd, is the best way to answer questions related to jkd..... its also easier, jackychan's fly swatter as opposed to mister miyagi's chopsticks

a computerated example of jiequandao

 

Somewhat took my words;
However; Wing Chun "Practitioners" will* hit wall bags, dummies, mitts and each other with frequency

Oh, on another note, it tells me how much or how little people know JKD when they start referring it to "their personal"

JKD is not about creating or training yourself without the need for a qualified instructor

Quoting great teachers isn't the same as actually have studied what they were trying to project

 

The Point just called. He said he's sorry you missed him.

 

I now have a greater understanding of JKD

Baza

 

It's not that complicated. JKD is MMA-lite plus weapons :evil:

 

My understanding has yet again increased, i thought JKD was "empty/open hand". I laways thought "empty/open hand" meant no weapons.

Baza

 

Strange, how Bruce and Dan practiced with many weapons...

 

Well... Lee was pretty committed to empty hand. He used the odd weapon or two in his movies. But the vast majority of his training was empty hand.

Dan Inosanto is a different matter. But that's due to his kali background, which many JKD enthusiasts will vehemently tell you isn't (or is) JKD.

Yet another factor contributing to the difficulty in providing a simplified explanation of JKD.

 

Ironically, they came to Lee courtesy of FMA and Dan Inosanto.

 

No, I think he was trying to say Lee was exposed to them Vvia Dan

 

Im not a JKD guy, im looking at starting to practice it since i find the Ving Tsun practice to static to my taste.

But everyone acts if Dan Inosanto is the only good instructor out there, but i think there are more aren't there?

And anyone can please give me an explanation of JKD Concept and Original JKD in laymens terms?

 

Im from the Netherlands

We have a teacher called Frans Stroeven who worked with several teachers his credentials http://knifefightsystem.com/en/wkfs/frans-stroeven-wkfs his JKD comes from Tim Tackett and Bob Bremer

And we have http://www.junfanjeetkunedo.nl/en/instructors these guys, students from Ted Wong

 

Well i might be taking the instructors course Panantukan with him also, seems to be very interesting stuff.

 

Not originally. They've been adopted though. FMA is famous for adopting things from other styles and applying them toward their own. In the Philippines, they'd be known as "tabak toyok" or simply "chaku."