I understand why some people think that JKD is a mix of different martial arts. In the beginning it was... because Bruce studied and researched many many different martial arts systems and drew from most of them in order to come up with his art. The difference between what Bruce Lee did back then and what most people are doing today is day and night. Bruce Lee had a very clear vision of what he wanted the end product to be. He knew exactly what he was looking to accomplish with his fighting method.
Most people today will take the concepts of JKD and apply them to every thing they train in and then mix it all together and call it JKD... and it is not. Jun Fan has a set curriculum... that was created by Bruce Lee. In order to do Jun Fan then you have to know and understand this curriculum. JKD while a concept has Jun Fan as its core art or base art.
Most people add FMA to JKD because thats what they see others doing. Their instructors did it so they do it. They train with Guro Inosanto and he does it so they do it because they want to be like him. This is not a bad thing... I have trained with Guro Dan on many occasions and trained with Sifu Larry Hartsell for 13 years so I am firmly in the Guro Dan camp of JKD.
However, with that being said I think everyone should search and find their own way in the arts and remain true to your self. I teach FMA and I also teach Jun Fan/JKD. When I am teaching JF/JKD that is all I teach. When I am teaching FMA then that is all I teach. When I am teaching my Integrated Submission Grappling then that is all I teach.
This is just my opinion and personal thoughts on the subject... no offense intended to anyone.
Tim
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Tim McFatridge
Integrated Submission Grappling
JKD Kali Association -
www.jkdkali.com
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