The difference between MMA and JKD

BeingAtOne · 01-23-2005, 09:09 PM

I just want to know what you guys think is the difference's or if you guys even think there are differences Between JKD and MMA?

Jeremy Lobdell · 01-23-2005, 10:09 PM

From what I've seen, the difference between MMA and JKD is negligable, but this probably has more to do with the instructor than anything else. I train at a JKD school, but the training is the same as MMA, except for ignoring the rules for MMA competition, ie..No groin kick, eye gouge, fish hook ect.
In my opinion, with all due respect, both JKD and MMA are far superior to any single traditional art as they teach functional skills is all ranges of combat instead of sticking primarilly in one range ( kick, punch - stand up grappling - ground ).
Mahalo, Jeremy

Tant01 · 01-23-2005, 11:35 PM

Not a style at all.

"Jeet Kune Do is training and dicipline toward the ultimate reality in combat. The ultimate reality is the returning to one's primary freedom which is simple, direct and non-classical." BL

JKD is MMA and much more.

fenwick99 · 01-28-2005, 11:12 PM

I think Jeremy is right on. MMA and JKD are both about real fighting.
Since the advent of UFC, everyone and his brother wants to cross-train
in jujitsu, muay thai, wrestling, and boxing,and that is the hybrid style. The Lee/Inosanto synthesis teaches the hybrid MMA style,but also many other things including FMA, other weapons systems, and trapping drills. Yes, MMA is part of JKD,but not all of it. The reality is that even Tae Kwon Do guys crosstrain now.
Since everyone crosstrains, martial arts is becoming all one thing, sort of like a one-world government. Anything else is BS and politics and money.

01-23-2005, 09:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
BeingAtOne Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 88	The difference between MMA and JKD I just want to know what you guys think is the difference's or if you guys even think there are differences Between JKD and MMA?

01-23-2005, 10:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jeremy Lobdell Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 358	From what I've seen, the difference between MMA and JKD is negligable, but this probably has more to do with the instructor than anything else. I train at a JKD school, but the training is the same as MMA, except for ignoring the rules for MMA competition, ie..No groin kick, eye gouge, fish hook ect. In my opinion, with all due respect, both JKD and MMA are far superior to any single traditional art as they teach functional skills is all ranges of combat instead of sticking primarilly in one range ( kick, punch - stand up grappling - ground ). Mahalo, Jeremy __________________ "If you want to learn to fight, you must practice fighting against someone who is fighting back!" Burton Richardson

01-23-2005, 11:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tant01 Humble Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Northern Ca. USA Posts: 4,925	My JKD is... Not a style at all. "Jeet Kune Do is training and dicipline toward the ultimate reality in combat. The ultimate reality is the returning to one's primary freedom which is simple, direct and non-classical." BL JKD is MMA and much more. __________________ "In all countries where personal freedom is valued, however much each individual may rely on legal redress, the right of each to carry arms - and these the best and the sharpest - for his own protection in case of extremity, is a right of nature indelible and irrepressible, and the more it is sought to be repressed the more it will recur." James Paterson

01-28-2005, 11:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
fenwick99 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 182	re I think Jeremy is right on. MMA and JKD are both about real fighting. Since the advent of UFC, everyone and his brother wants to cross-train in jujitsu, muay thai, wrestling, and boxing,and that is the hybrid style. The Lee/Inosanto synthesis teaches the hybrid MMA style,but also many other things including FMA, other weapons systems, and trapping drills. Yes, MMA is part of JKD,but not all of it. The reality is that even Tae Kwon Do guys crosstrain now. Since everyone crosstrains, martial arts is becoming all one thing, sort of like a one-world government. Anything else is BS and politics and money.

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