What is jeet Kune Do?

[sikal]

Well put, robertlee.

Mike

[Bruce_Fan]

Your Personal Expression!

JKD Is an INDIVIDUAL's PERSONAL expression of the martial arts.

I have been watching some Paul Vunak tapes and they are FANTASTIC!
I believe people who are doing JKD and interested in it should also be familiar with Jun Fan Gung Fu, the system that Bruce taught. (I use the word "System" for lack of a better word.)

There are concepts that ANYONE can benefit from in JKD!
The 5 ways of attack is one such concept.
Being well versed in all 4 ranges of attack is another concept.
Knowing how to blend different arts and FLOW from one range to another is an important concept.

As I explained in another post, Paul Vunak says that when you are in Kickboxing range, JKD takes from Muy Thai, Savate or kickboxing. If you are in punching range, you can take for example from Western Boxing. Why not learn from a guy who is getting paid 10 million dollars for a fight to just punch and box from the punching range.
Then you enter trapping, once you get in this range, FORGET what you used to get here. Forget the Savate, or kickboxing or boxing. Now, it's Wing Chun, Kali, and FMA time! And so forth.....

There are quite a few concepts in JKD that can be used by ALL Martial artists regardless of background.

One JKD concept that I think all practitioners should be aware of is FLOWING. Paul made a good point about this: You can take a kickboxing class one day and a Bjj class the next.
However, will you be able to FLOW from one range to the other effectively and efficiently?

Another concept is, of course, the idea of intercepting with which we are all familiar.
Imagine someone throwing a big left hook at you. What would the boxer do? He'd bob/weave and then strike back with his own punch. That's two move!
In JKD, we intercept the attacker. We go in with an elbow destruction. One move, Efficient& effective!

Ultimately, JKD is not a style. It's one's own individual expression as I started this post with.
However, if you are interested in JKD, I believe you owe it to yourself and to Bruce, Dan and Co to familiarize yourself with the concepts I described. You are doing yourself a favor: It will just make you a better fighter tenfold.

Bruce_Fan

Ps. Akja, The "Art" you are talking about is Jun Fan Gung Fu. I understand what you are saying but anyone studying this art Must understand what the forming concepts of this art are.
It's just my opinion, of course. You have to understand why Bruce created his art and what he was trying to teach and get away from.

[akja]

Bruce_Fan,

You are right about my art, except I was actually "plugging" my personal expression of the ultimate reality of combat.

Also some questions to consider.

You said the 5 ways of attack and 4 ranges of attack are concepts.

Are they concepts or training methods or both?

Or when we develop "our" training methods based on the concepts, does it becomes our personal expression?

Did I answer my own question?

[sikal]

Originally posted by akja
You said the 5 ways of attack and 4 ranges of attack are concepts.

Are they concepts or training methods or both?

I think it depends on how they're utilized. They can be just training methods. But when you take those 5 ways of attack and apply them to different tools, then the 5 ways of attack become conceptual.

For instance, if you have a set routine that works Attack By Combination, then that's a training method. To me, this is of very limited value. But it's a useful place to introduce people to ABC and to start teaching it.

When you take the ABC out of that training method, though, and apply the concept to different tools (i.e.: hands, feet, headbutts, joint locks, sticks, knives, etc.) then you're using it as a concept.

Mike