| I believe that it's a little bit of both. The core techniques of Jun Fan JKD are the system that most instructors use in teaching. I believe that the core is important for the process of
1. Learn the nucleus
2. Stick to the nucleus
3. Dissolve the nucleus
So all the fundamentals are extremely important, because even Bruce Lee had to learn his foundation before he could branch off.
Now the concepts of Jeet Kune Do is what liberates it from just being a system. Once you dissolve the core and begin discovering what works for you and what doesn't, you make a return to the beginning.
When first learning martial arts, a punch is just a punch. While beginning to understand the arts, a punch is more than just a punch. After you learn, a punch is just a punch again. You have to break away from the nucleus of the art in order to expand and discover yourself.
So I would say that in the beginning, there is somewhat of a system. But Jeet Kune Do is considered a process. It may start looking like one thing, but once you begin leaving the nest, you take all your basic principles and concepts with you and experience other arts and streamline them and make JKD your own.
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