Muay Thai in JKD

[GonzoStyles]

Just wondering about Muay Thai influences in JKD past and present.

[yenhoi]

Most of us have some sort of Chai/Inosanto lineage. There are lots of threads about Master Chai.

[chillaplata]

Below is a link to an interview in which Guro Dan talks about why he started training in Muay Thai and what he sees as its relationship with JKD.

http://www.thaiboxing.com/inosanto-interview.php

[chillaplata]

...and this profile of Ajarn Chai Sirisute is pretty cool too:

http://www.thaiboxing.com/ajarnchai.php

[gungfuhero]

I have experience in MT, but use mostly JKD because I like the timing, distance and rhythm better. However, I love the plum and put a lot of it in my JKD training along with knees and elbows. I also use thai training methods when I want to work on the power of my rear leg hook kick. A lot of the thai clinching can be augmented with a few minor JKD adaptations. The wedge escape the ajarn chai teaches is really good, but I have even more success when I use a bil gee to the throat rather than a forearm across the neck. It's not magic, but often unpleasant enough to pursuade the person I'm working with to give up some space.

Now if we're talking about silat training, I think that working it off a muay thai stand-up base is a huge benefit. Mix in the triangular footwork and panantukan and dumog and you have something that starts to bridge the gap into fun and applicable sparring. I can't do traditional silat by itself, but the more integrated majapahit has given me several functional skill sets. The in-range muay thai structure is good to help you survive at a distance where you can employ the triangles. It's a different game plan from what we typically think of as JKD, but it's cool and has a place in my training.

[treelizard]

Originally Posted by chillaplata

Below is a link to an interview in which Guro Dan talks about why he started training in Muay Thai and what he sees as its relationship with JKD.

http://www.thaiboxing.com/inosanto-interview.php

Great link, thanks!!

[new_guy]

The school I go to is taught by an Inasanto disciple (level II instructor of the International Instructors Association of the Inasanto martial Arts to teach and promote jeet kun do concepts) who is also certified by Thai Boxing Association of the USA headed by Ajarn Suachai Sirasut.

We have something called the "phase program" of self defense and 2/3 of that is a kickboxing blend, mostly thai techniques. Our sparring class is thai boxing oriented too. He used to have a stand alone thai boxing program but has blended it with other things into the phase program. So yeah, I guess there is a place for a blend.

In my honest opinion of this, I believe, while the variety is good in this blend, it kind of waters things down a bit to where it's hard to become proficient 2-3 times a week for 45 minuites filled with this blend of arts.

I'm kind of a newby to martial arts, so what do you guys think of this?

[new_guy]

The school I go to is taught by an Inasanto disciple (level II instructor of the International Instructors Association of the Inasanto martial Arts to teach and promote jeet kun do concepts) who is also certified by Thai Boxing Association of the USA headed by Ajarn Suachai Sirasut.

We have something called the "phase program" of self defense and 2/3 of that is a kickboxing blend, mostly thai techniques. Our sparring class is thai boxing oriented too. He used to have a stand alone thai boxing program but has blended it with other things into the phase program. So yeah, I guess there is a place for a blend.

In my honest opinion of this, I believe, while the variety is good in this blend, it kind of waters things down a bit to where it's hard to become proficient 2-3 times a week for 45 minuites filled with this blend of arts.

I'm kind of a newby to martial arts, so what do you guys think of this?

[g-bells]

Originally Posted by new_guy

The school I go to is taught by an Inasanto disciple (level II instructor of the International Instructors Association of the Inasanto martial Arts to teach and promote jeet kun do concepts) who is also certified by Thai Boxing Association of the USA headed by Ajarn Suachai Sirasut.

We have something called the "phase program" of self defense and 2/3 of that is a kickboxing blend, mostly thai techniques. Our sparring class is thai boxing oriented too. He used to have a stand alone thai boxing program but has blended it with other things into the phase program. So yeah, I guess there is a place for a blend.

In my honest opinion of this, I believe, while the variety is good in this blend, it kind of waters things down a bit to where it's hard to become proficient 2-3 times a week for 45 minuites filled with this blend of arts.

I'm kind of a newby to martial arts, so what do you guys think of this?

take a few techniques and work them until they are fluent then add on at your own pace