Ok, I will probably get hit with a hornets nest of critics for this post but here is my view. If you are training with sticks, with the idea of applying the stick forms for unarmed combat: well that sounds like Kali to me. That is Concepts JKD.
In my view training with a stick form and then applying that method to unarmed combat is essentially the reverse of original JKD. It may be in the spirit of JKD in terms of looking at what is out there and taking what is useful, and I know that it is useful for many who post here. But it is not useful to me. My mind just does not work that way.
For unarmed combat I will train as if I am unarmed. For armed combat I will train as if I am armed. For combat with a gun, I will train with a gun. For combat with a dinner plate I would train with a dinner plate. That seems simple to me.
Not trying to start up the old argument again, just giving my view.
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