since JKD is a lot philosophical as compared to other arts, I just want to know some insights or sayings you have on your JKD. here are mine: "The mind is like a parachute, it will only work if it is opened" "Too much analysis leads to paralysis" "JKD is thinking without thinking"
No rules, no forms, no boundrys. The only limitation that holds you back is yourself. I dont really know... i think that quote says it quite well itself, and doesnt nessisarly need to be restated
There we go. I was trying to get a collection of different JKD practitioners to define what JKD in their own words
i like try everything absorb what is useful to you you know the rest and mainly the principles of jkd also use bob breens's hit,hit,hit and hit some more
"I know What I know, I know What I Don't Know, The More I Learn, The More I Learn I Don't Know" (by Sifu John McNabney) Peace-Out!
Hmm..... my JKD, Adapt to my opponent using what they have against them, being free from restrictions and limitations, oh and making high pitch noises as I strike to scare/confuse/annoy my oponnents.
- Know yourself, your strengths, your limits, your fears - If you start fighting do not stop until you're sure the fight is over - If someone asks your money, answering no puts your life in game - Fighting is an expression of myself.
I use the classic "Be like water" I know its not my own original thought, which is what you were mainly looking for, but if you're asking what the philosophy behind our training is, that's the statement that in my opinion best sums up my approach. Ciao Erik, da dove vieni?
I believe: 'Jeet kune do is merely the physical and mental means through which we attain a sense of our own humanity.' and that says alot about, for lack of a more suitable word, it.
