[Magister]

I agree.

I have experience with 2 JKD Sifu, both of whom I cannot begin to converse with regarding the finer points of the approach.

Most, in my experience, are more interested in the fact that it was Bruce Lee's art, and therefore it must be good.

Any one who knows me (in this forum) will know that it is my aim to take Lee's ideas further and develop them with the ingenuity which Lee himself had professed. I'm not the next Bruce Lee, but I have found that it is easier for people to point fingers, say what is wrong, or "go with the flow" than to stand out, and with logic and sense be able to construct reasons as to why Lee's ideas lead to dead ends, why some ideas were not progressed and are happy to accept the common place.

JKD has lost it's way.

Unfortunately, some "legends" who teach Lee's art are teaching a Tradition. Don't get me wrong, it is good to keep his spirit alive. But forcing a block on progression by resorting to tradition has missed a great opportunity.

Anyone who teaches "Bruce Lee's" JKD has missed the point. Anyone who teaches MMA as JKD are even further from the truth. Some have continued his ideas, but do not study the root causes. Still, martial arts are constrained to exhibition.

I've said it before; Lee was like Newton, he discovered the secrets and founded the way. However, modern physics is made up of science which supports Newton as well as points at reasons in which the laws are not absolute (i.e Special Relativity theory).

Too many people are satisfied with Lee's works and either through lack of understanding or complacency are unwilling/unable to progress the arts any further...

Bruce Lee's ideas and JKD were not the culminating point of martial arts thought but should be thought of as the beginning of the Enlightenment.