yeah im good at being an asshole at times, i know.
There are good JKD instructors out there and i did mention i respect a few of the instructors that came after Bruce, particularly some of those directly under him, i also respect some others that i have met along the way that are fairly unknown.
Regardless, i do believe JKD to be full of politics(as is every system) and full of crap instructors(as is every system) with some good ones in there. So id rather not pretend everything is peachy.
I know there are good guys out there mate, i still train with some! i consider myself a JKD student still but one that has become increasingly skeptical over the years with the declining standards.
I have full respect for the knowledgeable instructors that are trying to move things on.
I have absolutely no problem with the likes of Vunak, Breen, Inosanto. they have my full respect.
Be sure, the reason i mention you and mike is because i like what you say, you both talk sense and i can identify with it. And we share more instructors in common than you know of at the moment
but thats another story.
My post was overly harsh as per usual, but to me JKD has some serious issues that need addressing but has its head in the sand.
JKD, to me, is splitting and has been splitting for a while.The JKD forum on this forum is a great example of the sheer split right down the middle i am talking about. Realists and dreamers, JKD attracts both due to the legend of bruce lee and the money to be made from its attraction and the realists head for the ones that have kept their feet on the ground, ironically they arent the ones that were closest to Lee in many cases.