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Styles: Currently:MT, BJJ (No)Gi, Kali/JKD, West Boxing, PK/freerun JunFan Gung Fu Previously:WC Ninjutsu,
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I'll take a crack at it;
JKD was developed when Bruce Lee decided ( bad term I think) that his Wing Chun was too limited, he went on to create Jun Fan Gung Fu, and later went on to create the concept of JKD. The JKD concept was that nobody should be limitede to one style, and that there was no right or wrong way to fight, only that wich is effective and those that were less effective or innefective. He believed that JKD was a personal expression of someones view of effective MA, and that what suited one person did not suit another. He took many of the ideas of efficiency and the centerline concept from his training in Wing Chun (he was taught by Yip Man!)
After Bruce Lees death, there were only a few people who were certified in JKD and some others were certified in Jun Fan Gung Fu, wich I believe they changed to teach a final process of JKD(but I'm not sure about that). JKD and Bruce Lee are some of the most controversial topics in MA today(as I'm sure we can all agree) he believed that katas should not be used in the teaching of modern MA practice.
I dunno much more than that, I guess I'm pretty solid about those few things I said :/
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He believed if it wasn't efficient or effective, it was not proper to learn for fighting. Because human beings' anatomy is pretty much the same for everyone, while there will be some differences there will be more similarities between what works and what doesn't. He did have concepts of why something was or was not efficient and effective.
Bruce Lee had an amazing mind for martial arts and exceptional attributes. Unfortunately, his martial arts training was limited a bit. An example of this is his lacking of structure in regards to martial application. Yip Man's Wing Chun does not use this concept to a great degree so Bruce Lee was not introduced to it.
There is a danger in a person assuming what they do is the end all be all to effectiveness, especially when what they do is not tested. I see this quite often, and not just with Bruce Lee, JKD fans. However, Bruce Lee had many of his words published and people tend to take somehting he said and make it justification for something they do. At the same time they seem to not even notice things he said which are opposite of things they do.
Not JKD?!?!
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