Truth About Gary Dill

[Rain Burgess]

sigh

Gary Trained with James Yim Lee so he knows about JKD. I have never seen anything forged. Lets see your credentials. I would like to see what you experts can bring to the mat. You seem to have the perception he is a fake based off a seminar or a letter. To be honest I think it is a joke when people base perceptions off seminars and letters. It sounds like none of you have really even trained with the man. Maybe you are all legends of your own mind so you have to talk trash about others to get some satisfaction in life.

Off Topic

How many of you guys are fighters and where do you fight? I would really like to know. I may even be interested in a Lesson since you guys seem to have all the answers =)

[thaiboxer67]

i think danjuandesiga hit th enail on the head...you capitalize off a dead man's work and don't have the nerve to call it your own version....and you lie about it . i don't care if he invented bjj..if he called it jkd, a lie is a lie..start selling hamburgers call them big mac's and see where that gets you.

[danjuandesiga]

Crucify or Justify....
The fact still remains.
He forged his JKD cert.
he even declares it as a style.

[JadeDragon]

I fight or detain often and would never use half the stuff I have learned lol. In a real situation I find it best to keep It simple. If I set out many kinds of tea in front of you I think you would choose the one that you like. Perception is a funny thing because its based on likes and dislikes of the perceiver. For example Look at JadeDragons post. They are great. I am willing to bet intellegence is just a conditioned respone for him. We all have different experiences that help define who we are. As for JKD it is a style of no style so who cant really say what is right or wrong. Bruce is dead and a lot has evolved as you said.

Right on. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Rain Burgess]

I fight or detain often and would never use half the stuff I have learned lol. In a real situation I find it best to keep It simple. If I set out many kinds of tea in front of you I think you would choose the one that you like. Perception is a funny thing because its based on likes and dislikes of the perceiver. For example Look at JadeDragons post. I am willing to bet stupidiy is just a conditioned respone for him. We all have different experiences that help define who we are. As for JKD it is a style of no style so who cant really say what is right or wrong. Bruce is dead and a lot has evolved as you said.

[JadeDragon]

I'm thinking the Way of Dill, or more specifically - Dilldo

I like that one. That was good thinking to come up with that one.

[thaiboxer67]

he may teahc basic martial arts, but i htink his conceptual knowledge of jkd ir rudimantary. also law enforcement and such while interesting does not guarantee a knowldge of fighting. i have trained with him as well, and some of what eh says i would never use now . course in fairness that was some time ago and a lot has evolved.

[Rain Burgess]

Lol

No need to be your perception is yours. I am not impressed when people talk bad about others. I find that he has a strong background that may help on a resume. Action is what I am impressed by. I wish more people understood its rewards.

[thaiboxer67]

i'm not impressed

[Rain Burgess]

I found this post also from Black Belt Magazine. I thought it would be nice for you all to see.



As well as being a world known authority on JKD, Professor Dill is also a fully certified grandmaster of Bushido Kempo, a pure combat system with techniques from Karate, Ju-Jitsu, Aiki-Jitsu, Gung Fu, and weaponry. He has been inducted into several martial art hall of fames, and is a member of three different grandmaster councils. He has also received official rank recognition from mainland China as an 8th Degree Black Sash in Chinese Wu Shu. The Professor has been active in the martial arts since 1963, and hold black belts in several different combat martial arts.

On a personal note, Professor Dill has spent many years in law enforcement, having served as a federal intelligence agent, state police criminal investigator, and as a chief of police. He was also a firearms instructor and a senior police defensive tactics instructor. He is a Vietnam veteran, and served in both the US Marine Corps and in the US Navy, and was a special agent with Naval Intelligence (NIS). Professor Dill now delegates all of his time to teaching the combat arts.

[Rain Burgess]

Greetings everyone. My name is Rain. I am 36 years old and live in Myrtle Beach SC at this time. I am a Father a Husband and a Son probably like many of you. I just wanted to speak with you about your perception on Gary Dill. I have trained with this man may times but then again I train with many men and have done so since the age of five. I would agree that the quality of the Gary Dill Videos out there is like a good comedy show. I can tell you his techniques while trainig in front of him have always been crisp and refreshing. He knows how to cause the most amount of damage in the least amount of time for sure. Gary Dill is the real deal. He is a good man with lots of martial knowledge to share. He would not even respond to the amount of stupidity I have seen on this forum but I feel I must. I have been a fighter for a long time and not just competition crap thats only good for training. I have had to fight for my life and even the life of my family. I have used techniques instructed to me by Gary Dill in many combat situations. The truth about Gary Dill is he has been in the game longer than most of us and we should respect what he does and move along. Most of you have no clue who you are much less have some divine knowledge of who someone else is or is not based on an old letter. To even start a negative forum about another martial artist without insight and true knowledge only shows you have much to learn. Be kind to your fellow man even when you do not agree with them and you will find martial spirit. Bruce Lee one said "Be like water" I think it is a shame its so hard to achieve this with people like you out there trying to poison the water that mankind hopes to become as pure as.

[alan ch]

think you need to do homework , BRUCE ,never used kickboxing , he would comment on it , but the footwork in jkd is fencing nold school boxing skills , beats half beats etc with non telegraphic hits ,straight lead, kicks , to the closest target . not , wild swings , n jabs , not clean enough , n where in kickboxing , do you fingerjab eyes , kick to the groin , side kick the knee , snap ankles , n bones ,slap ears with such knock out ,force ,use the straight lead , ,hmm bite , gouge nip mame etc ,will i keep going

[fenwick99]

imho

Bruce Lee does deserve great credit for morphing wing chun and boxing into a
coherent fighting method; that in and of itself is a magnificent achievement.
Bruce also deserves credit for emphasizing FIGHTING over arts- fighting itself
is about overcoming an enemy, not about styles, systems, or schools.
Bruce made one big mistake, however. He closed down JKD instead of copyrighting it. He could have used the copyright to control what is taught as jkd (or jun fan or tao of chinese gung-fu) and by whom, so that guys like Dill would have faced the threat of a lawsuit if they were not authorized.
Bruce could have chosen his exact lineage, his exact curriculum, and his exact methods, all protected by copyright. As it stands now, Seattle Bruce was wing chun, LA Bruce was kickboxing, and Oakland Bruce was a transitional figure. I am wing chun (the least of all wing chun ppl. in the world, I add!) but I would only use cwck in wing chun range. I would use muay thai, boxing, wrestling, and jujitsu in other ranges. Cwck is only good in wing chun range, and that is why wc guys lose badly in MMA, Shidokan, etc.
Decide how close your own expression of jkd is to wing chun, then study that line. And as much as I like Bruce, wing chun is wing chun, even if Bruce Lee never existed.

[alan ch]

ALL dill has to offer is poor wing chun , HES ANOTHER ONE LIVING OFF LIES , WHO AND HOW LONG HE TRAINED WITH, , ANOTHER MR HAN MAN ,GET IT RIGHT CHUNK, HOWS THING larsson?

[heyyou316us]

My instructor trained under one of Dill's Students. If trained with him for a couple of years and training has been good until lately. The lesson plans that come from Dill have alot of Wing Chun hand trapping in each level. I am now in level 6 under this program after two years.. And my instructor has no idea how to teach the new levels. Very Disappointing