You know, I just watched both of those videos, and besides thinking..."well there goes 12 minutes of my life I can never get back" This popped into my head
From that link Well then, that is all we need to know. Even though I think most of us suspected this all along. Just another mostly self trained from youtube person, who justifies it because they misunderstand what is meant by Bruce Lee with JKD. It isn't really Bruce Lee's fault that his ideas and JKD get misused so much. It isn't his fault he isn't around to put a stop to the silliness surrounding it. But it is one of the reasons I dislike so much surrounding him anyways. Sigh.
I’ve found in the past that self trained YouTube warriors claim JKD as they completely misunderstand what Bruce meant by “no style” , ironically in this case , what Bruce seemed to be heading towards is what we call MMA today , which Isiah seems to dislike .
Oh my.....That was.... interesting. JKD!...really....how...from watching kung fu theater!? I've done a little JKD, and what he is doing is not JKD....That and an awful lot of dating talk.....must be a master of something....just not sure what
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In regards to street fighting, there isn't a problem with ground fighting because most street fights end up on the ground so you need ground fighting skills. 1. To take someone down and maintain positional dominance to inflict harm such as ground and pound, choke outs and joint manipulations. 2. That if you get taken down, you have the ability to counter or reverse them to gain positional dominance to inflict harm. 3. That if you get taken to the ground, you have the ability to escape and get back up on your feet, which leads me to problems of going to the ground when street fighting. The problem with going to the ground when street fighting starts to come clear with a quickness "If you have ever been in these situations". 1. When you suddenly realize you just got kicked in the side of the head by his buddy/buddy's steel toed boot/boots. 2. When you got someone mounted and as soon as you try to do your ground and pound, 4 of his buddies grab your legs and arms and pull you of him so he can get up, then they all 5 want to fight you. There are probably a lot more scenarios where it's not advisable, especially in bars, but you get the picture.
I really don't think that's true, that most street fights end on the ground. I know it's peddled a lot but I doubt its veracity. I'm sure a lot of street fights end with one punch, and one person out on the ground cold. Sure somebody who is trained as a grappler might intentionally take someone to the ground, or two untrained yahoos might clinch and fall, but in most cases people fighting try to stay on their feet, and plenty of online videos out there confirm many fights in public don't end up on the ground at all.
You are correct, I should have said "sometimes" instead of "most" and yes, the point I was trying to covey was to try to stay on your feet. Not all surfaces are nice and flat, free of debris. Ice, water, mud, gravel, sand, uneven surfaces and street curbs/trip hazards, can all quickly turn a skilled fighter into an untrained yahoo. Sometimes fights end with one punch, sometimes fights never go to the ground and sometimes fights go to the ground, that's why one should have skills in all the ranges of fighting because a street fight is too dynamic based on environment, a persons physical makeup or their skill set.