What are some other arts that best complement JKD?

I was wondering what other arts complement JKD? I know that Danny Inosanto has learned a mirriod of others and the late great Brandon Lee extended his knowledge of Muay Thai and he took up Yee Chuan Tao which has similiar qualities to JKD and I know that Yee Chuan Tao only has defensive moves but what others go well with it?
Thanks!

 

well for me,jun fan is my base art and from there i do thai boxing (only a liitle mind you) to help with the kicking and sparring and clinch work.
wing chun and kali really help the infighting, and csw or bjj for grappling

 

My JKD, is very similar to Tel's.. But I'd imagine thats because we both come down the Inosanto / Academy Lineage...
My only addition to that are Western Boxing, & a very little bit of Silat..

Just looks for arts that have similar concepts & approaches..

 

yeah boxings cool,saw your intergrated arts bit. terry barnett is superb

 

Terry, is indeed superb. A real experience being on the recieving end of a jab cross from terry.. I have had many a headache (and a broken rib) from Mr Barnett..

Tel, do you train at the Academy...?

 

i used to train at the dartford academy, only go to london for seminars and the odd instructors camp's. i train with neil mcleod at his place. you?

 

Exactly the same, Started at the Academy in `97 with Bob for a short while.. Trained after that with Terry Barnett & Russell Uttley.. Now Continue to train with terry at his place, to keep me up to speed & help with my teaching...

I've only meet Neil McCloud briefly, but have seen him in action.. again pure quality...!

 

sounds cool neil.saw terry at his in dartfoed a few months back. are you going to inosanto's seminar in july?

 

Hopefully, I will be there.. don't want to miss it again...! Terry has got an Anniversary seminar coming up, havn't got full details yet.. It's the 20th year of Integratedarts, and a special seminar with all the I.A. instructors is planned...

 

no have not heard about it, do you have any details?

 

To be Honest it was a suprise to me..! I'll be seeing terry soon, so will ask him about it then.. Just a bit of info, Terry has a new website, details of his seminars will be updated there..

As for the OP question, I've tried to stick to arts that compliment each other...example
Wing Chun & kali.. many common priciples can be found in both arts..
I would'nt personally choose say tae kwon Do & wing chun, not that theres anything wrong with tae kwon do. But from a structure point of view, they just don't blend...

 

I think the art that would complement JKD woul be dependent on the parctitioner as well.

 

The JKD I know, needs nothing in particular, it doen't accumulate style but discards wastless principles and methods that will get you kill in the streets. But I'm not a concepts man, but a principle man which I be JKD, not do JKD.......This is me and not nothing more or nothing less....attack on anyone else, to each their own.....Good Training to All Brothers and Sisters in the world!



Take It Easy,
John McNabney

 

Mma!!!

 

Maybe brazilian jiu jitsu for groundwork. I heard bruce lee wanted to try and incorporate more muay thai into JKD towards the end of his life but died before he could.

 

.....and who did you hear that from?

 

not sure about that either but he def looked at it on tape

 

Wrestling, pretty much any style would really complement it. Preferably one with submissions techniques like any of the jujitsus or catch or sambo. Most of Bruce Lee's techniques were predominantly for standing striking.

 

I thought the whole point of JKD was that you could use the methods of practically any style to compliment what you are doing?

 

And how does one do that??