Originally Posted by Michael Wright

He did mate, as did Erik Paulson, Rick Young, Neil McLeod, Chad Stahelski, Damon Caro and many people most commonly known as JKD practitioners. But we’ve been over this ground a number of times before, they became students of the discipline they competed in. Ron Balicki competed in Shooto, so he trained in and fought Shooto, just as Erik Paulson trained in and fought Shoot and MMA, Rick Young trained in and fought BJJ, Neil with Full Contact Stick etc etc.

Are these people proving JKD in competition? No, they are proving themselves.