cool name.
i agree with many of your points, the only thing i want to say is that people need examples of things. they need to see a physical example of a concept to better visualize it and thus be a part of it. they need names to relate to it, and a method of explaining it to others, to explain jkd without the physical examples of jun fan is like trying to guide someone to spiritual enlightenment without teaching them to meditate or pray. jun fan is the physical examples that sijo lee felt at the time to best convey the concepts of jkd. yes he regretted nameing it because of his fear that people would say this "is" the way. OJKD. and understandably so. and yes the NHB and mixed martial arts world of today are finally three decades later catching up to the concepts he was preaching so long ago, but your right, that does not make them jkd, just along a similar path. jkd is specifically sijo lee's expression and the path he laid out for us to follow, do we have to follow him, no. but to follow another path and call it jkd is incorrect, no matter how many truths you also adhere to. if you cook rice, it's rice that's true. but if you cook spanish rice it is not the same rice they cook in china. so therefore, although it "is" rice it's not the same. hope that made sense, it's late.
Harley
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