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If you want to get technical, Bruce Lee is only ethnic Chinese. He was born in SF so is really an American. However, in the spirit of the Jeet Kune Do principles, does it really matter?
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Originally posted by complete@Jan 6 2005, 02:37 PM Is Jeet Kune Do considered Chinese Martial Arts or American Martial Arts?
Jeet Kune Do was conceived by Bruce Lee, who is Chinese. However, he founded the martial arts while he was in America.
Originally posted by SunTzu@Jan 7 2005, 02:01 AM If you want to get technical, Bruce Lee is only ethnic Chinese. He was born in SF so is really an American. However, in the spirit of the Jeet Kune Do principles, does it really matter?
SunTzu,
You are absolutely right. In the spirit of Jeet Kune Do concept, it really doesn't matter. On our site, we do have listed it under Chinese Martial arts (it had to go somewhere) and some people have questioned us on the location. We don't think Bruce Lee would have put any type of category on his martial art.
The name Jeet Kune Do doesn't sound like an American name, but a Chinese.....
However, I agree with complete, Bruce Lee would never have put any kind of form or category to his martial arts.
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Not that it matters ........... but if you want to get technical, are there any Jeet Kune Do practioners in China? It appears Bruce Lee only taught JKD in the US and all the main instructors are teaching in US mostley - one example Dan Inosanto and Paul Vunak.
"Jeet Kune" is Cantonese "Do" is Japanese. The "style" contains elements of Wing Chun, Boxing and Savate. The latter two being English and French in origin.
Bruce was born in SF, but grew up and studied first in Hong Kong. However, he concieved and developed his art in the US mainly.
You could also look at the fact that Shaolin Kung Fu owes a lot to the Indian's (Bodhidarma and many other fighting monks) who brought both religion and martial arts to them. So is the Shaolin Arts Chinese or are they Indian?
Currently we classify Shaolin as Chinese as the home of the Art is in China. Taekwondo in Korea (its origin is a mix of Karate and Takyon), Karate in Japan (before 1936 it was referred to as Chinese hand, but was changed to Empty hand when Japan invaded China). The list goes on. Since most styles are classified by the place which is referred to as their spiritual home, I would say that Jeet Kune Do is actually a US style.
I've never heard of Jeet Kune Do being influced by Savate. Where did this come from?
Bruce Lee certainly stuided Wing Chun from Yip Man, and he on his own spent a lot of time studying other fighting styles, including Boxing (watching Mohammad Ali), but I've never seen it mention Savate.
Yeah, there shouldn't be a category for Jeet Kune Do. It's not what Bruce Lee would have wanted.
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I think I'll just call it Jun Fan Kung Fu, since Lee-sifu regretted the name "Jeet Kune Do(Jiet Quan Dao in mandarin)". Still the concept is the same in either case, the concept of Jeet Kune Do is "freedom" in all aspects.
Yes but he came to regret it later on, and told his top student, Dan Inosanto to never use the name JKD or Jeet Kune Do again, believing it to put limits on his free form style :huh:
Originally posted by Tenryuu@May 15 2006, 07:46 AM Yes but he came to regret it later on, and told his top student, Dan Inosanto to never use the name JKD or Jeet Kune Do again, believing it to put limits on his free form style :huh:
"Dan Inosanto, who was to be Bruce Lee's student in Jeet Kune Do, once said that originally, Bruce Lee wanted to create the "ultimate fighting form", but later in the development of Jeet Kune Do, he wanted to use the art for personal development as well, not just to become a better fighter."
This does not mean Bruce regreted creating JKD and went back to Jun Fan Kung Fu.
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