Jeet Kune Do

[yoda1]

i found this little information on another site i came across for those who aren't familiar with it... its from the martial arts encyclopedia

A modern style of Wushu created by the renowned martial artist Bruce Lee. The name means, literally, "Way of the Intercepting Fist," and the most famous tenet is "absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own." The style emphasizes simplicity. No forms are taught, nor are set techniques designed to counter other techniques. Instead, the style attempts to take a problem solving approach. The essentials are to preserve the center line, a concept Lee learned from Wing Chun Wushu, which he studied; to maintain a constant rhythm, and to begin sparring immediately. The simplicity of approach is also evident in the central idea of blocking and attacking at the same time. No set of rules or codified techniques exist for this art. Jeet Kune Do uses methods and techniques from all styles, not just empty hand systems, but weapons systems as well. Whatever is effective can and should be used in self‑defense. Jeet Kune Do is seen by its practitioners as a road to self-discovery and self-examination. Its followers consider Jeet Kune Do to be a point of view rather than a school or style of martial art. To this end, Lee was against setting up systematic methods of instruction, for once more than a few students enrolled in a school, the techniques and instruction would have to become codified and the result would be that the students would undergo repetitious drills, forms practice and prearranged sparring, to the detriment of developing the ideal awareness of what Jeet Kune Do really attempts to do. It is up to the student to gather the necessary experience and develop his or her own repertoire. Instead of confining oneself to sparring only other Jeet Kune Do students, the practitioner should pursue opportunities to spar any kind of fighter and learn what he or she can from the experience. The study of different fighting systems could aid in the development of proper Jeet Kune Do perspective, but only if the student devoted time to studying the strengths and weaknesses of any system, and deciding what he or she could use from each system. In this way, Jeet Kune Do is heavily reliant on experience and theory. (Taken from The Martial Arts Encyclopedia by Jennifer Lawler).

[nitrogen]

I had no idea that is what Bruce Lee had developed. I even watched the movie! Guess I wasn't paying good enough attention.

[baldmonkee]

I like the varied style of Jeet Kune Do, I think by bringing different pieces of other art forms you can effectively develop a complete art

[eYoon]

jeet kune do is not a style, it is a concept. if a school teaches "jeet kune do", what they'd be teaching is Jun Fan Gung Fu... the style of fighting Bruce Lee originally taught. But Jeet Kune Do, as described by Bruce Lee, should be a constantly evolving concept, not a style within itself. you can't physically teach Jeet Kune do, and you can't say that your style of martial art you train in is jeet kune do. if you do, then you don't understand what it is.

[disgruntled]

i agree and it really frustrates me that there are JKD schools. i have always assumed them to be mcdojos

[Spartan]

Ah...you all have valid points...but Jkd was and is a system...a system is a collection...preferably an organized system...so hopefully with a system you have a core...
Dan Inosanto and Larry Hartsell trained with Bruce Lee and continued to teach his system...and well as some others that were with Bruce in California...Larry just died last year I was told...so we have lost another really talented martial arts brother...Larry's specialty was Grappling... and what a grappler he was...so I just wanted to say that for Larry ...and to bring you up to date on that...
Dan was carrying on Bruce's system...but still experimenting and researching other systems...which is what it was supposed to be all about...
So, you see...it seems everyone's comment had some validity to it...
Any questions email me @ cqbspartan@yahoo.com
For every one hundred men you send us,
Ten should not even be here.
Eighty are nothing but targets.
Nine of them are real fighters;
We are lucky to have them, they the battle make.
Ah, but the one. One of them is a warrior.
And he will bring the others back.