JKD

Jeet Kune Do - the way of the intercepting fist. JKD is incredibly popular, and some may argue that it paved the way/mentality for the mixed martial arts. If so, Bruce was definitely ahead of his time. As any wing chun practitioner would see, the philosophy of JKD is heavily grounded in wing chun: centreline theory, economy of motion, heck - even the name!

But where has it come to now? It's been overshadowed by MMA - the popular formula being a mix of boxing/thai boxing/ground fighting. I'm sorry but that does not make it JKD. In fact, it's not even MMA anymore -it's just thai boxing + ground fighting - it's like it's very own style of fighting and bound to it. How is that freestyle? JKD is beyond ground and pound - it's internal and starts within the person. It's not about learning all the latest or coolest moves. Learning the latest killer style is the equivalent of throwing money at a problem. The solution starts within and extends outwards not the other way around. Do you really think that learning dim mak # 23 is going to make you a better fighter? How about learning the latest ground fighting style? same thing.

JKD, to me, has nothing to do with the tools. It's a perspective and independent of the style of martial art.

Until then.