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frank9791 · 08-09-2005, 09:43 PM

I think what jkd is for the individual sort of depends on what you want to do. Any artist, from a judoka to a tkd man to a wrestler to an akidoist, can apply some, or most, of Bruce's principles to their arts. If you wanted to do
what Bruce did, however, you would have to learn wing chun well enuff to do it in a fight against a bigger man, and you would have to develop the sensitivity and biomechanics to do blind-folded chi sao on a balance beam.
Then, you would have to diverge from wing chun onto your own path, but maintaining the physics of wing chun. Over time Bruce varied his techniques and training greatly, but he always retained the basic wing chun mechanics.
He continued wallbag punching and wooden dummy training until rather late in his life. He used to practice the Sil Lim Tao form on his own even after he stopped teaching any wing chun in his schools.

08-09-2005, 09:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
frank9791 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 12	re I think what jkd is for the individual sort of depends on what you want to do. Any artist, from a judoka to a tkd man to a wrestler to an akidoist, can apply some, or most, of Bruce's principles to their arts. If you wanted to do what Bruce did, however, you would have to learn wing chun well enuff to do it in a fight against a bigger man, and you would have to develop the sensitivity and biomechanics to do blind-folded chi sao on a balance beam. Then, you would have to diverge from wing chun onto your own path, but maintaining the physics of wing chun. Over time Bruce varied his techniques and training greatly, but he always retained the basic wing chun mechanics. He continued wallbag punching and wooden dummy training until rather late in his life. He used to practice the Sil Lim Tao form on his own even after he stopped teaching any wing chun in his schools.