JKD and Korean martial arts

[imstriker]

imstriker,
First, your question insinuates that there was a "standard JKD curriculum." I don't know that there is such a thing. I was not a Bruce Lee student, but I have it on good information that Bruce Lee both studied with and incorporated material from many of the best in his era, including people like Jhoon Rhee.

I have been away for a week and I just got back reading some of the answers.

NO, I am not "insinuating" or suggesting anything about JKD since my background is not in JKD.

I guess if you are dealing with a standardized art such as Fencing then answering a simple question such as mine would be very easy.

[Happy Cat]

Yes Bruce tried everything. And he did a lot of things in the movies. But what he tried, what he did in the movies, and what he taught as June Fan and JKD were very diferent.

Now in JKD consepts, everything goes. TKD, checkers, whatever.

[Happy Cat]

One other thing. The JKD side kick does incorporate a roll of the hip. Wing Chung does not. I do not know if Bruce may have learned that from TKD, or from some other source. Others here will probably have some better knowledge of the early history

[Happy Cat]

In short, no. Taekwondo kicks incorporate the consept of chambering. That was rejected by Bruce as leading to delay and telegrephing. The JKD side kick does have some similarities to TKD, except for the chambering and the targeting and the foot work for set up.

That is not to say that there is not some contenuity. If you have mastered the TKD kicks, the JKD kicks will be very easy for you and you should be able to aply many of the same motor skills. My very basic TKD was helpfull to me when I started on the pathless path.

Just my opinion.

[imstriker]

Did Bruce Lee include any of the techniques from Korean Martial arts such as Taekwondo or Hapkido into JKD?

I have read that he was friends with the Taekwondo master Jhoon Rhee and he looked at kicks in Taekwondo. On the other hand I have heard from a few JKD practitioners that JKD does not incorporate any high kicks from Taekwondo.

By the way, I am not referring to the incorporation of high kicks into some of Bruce Lee's movies which were for theatrical and stage combat purposes. I would like to know if any of the Korean arts are a part of the standard JKD curriculum.

Regards,
imStriker