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Originally Posted by Michael Wright
I have the Jun Fan Grappling curriculum, and I have to be honest it is rudimentary at best. Some basic throws and newaza from Judo, a small amount of locking and grappling from Japanese Ju-jitsu, and some basic Chin Na.
You have to remember that in the 1960's it was nothing short of a miracle and an outrage that anyone would crosstrain in systems, so what Mr Lee achieved in putting together this curriculum in such a short space of time is truly phenomenal.
However this material has been way way surpassed by the suberb grappling material and training available to us here in 2008. Like so many subjects on the JKD forum, we just need to accept that martial arts has come a hell of a long way in the last 40 years. The first person to recognise that would be Mr Lee.
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Agreed. I've heard alot of people claim JKD is useless because it's outdated, much to my chagrin. I still think JKD shouldn't be looked at as a style, but a combat philosophy. It's the duty of a good JKD man to learn modern combat styles, to understand them and be able to counter them. That, in my opinion, is the Heart of JKD and what gives it it's formidability. Some of Mr. Lee's techniques may be outdated now, but the idea of learning as much as you can so you aren't limited is not.
I think Mr. Lee would be the first to realize that and also be the first to adapt.