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Jeet Kune do

Original name : Jeet Kune Do, 截拳道, Jitkyùndou, Jiéquándào
Founded by : Bruce Lee
Country of origin : USA

Introduction to Jeet Kune do

Jeet Kune Do is one of the most misunderstood arts in the world today. It is one of 3 arts that was developed and founded by Martial Arts Legend SiGung Bruce Lee. Jeet Kune Do is neither a style nor a system, but a process of personal growth and discovery as compiled by  the research and experimentation that led to its creation. 

Jeet Kune Do means "Intercepting Fist Way" and is called “The Way of the Intercepting Fist".  In this defination  "Jeet " stands for intercepting, "Kune" means  fist and "Do’" means way. Jeet Kune Do is a complete mixture of  the four ranges of combat: Kicking, Boxing,  Trapping, and Grappling.  If you remember Bruce Lee’s movies and think you know what it is, the chance of being wrong are pretty high. Bruce Lee’s art must not be confused with the flashy moves he did in his movies, or TV shows. Behind the screen,his personal art involved a complex training system that involved the body and the spirit  to develop what he refered to as a "Scientific method of street fighting".

Many people think that any mixture of techniques that works for them is JKD, This not true. There is a special and specific systematic method to aproach JKD training.

Jeet Kune Do is not just a fighting method, but a blend of core techniques, tatics, training, fighting and combative concepts backed by scientific principles, research, experimentation that transends his philosophy.

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Bruce Lee was a young man who broke from tradition and almost single handily changed the course of martial arts history as we know it today. A leading pioneer in the martial arts, cross training, athletic endevors, research and of course his extreme experimentation. He was the one who opened our eyes to the new martial arts revolution and brought in unheard of training ideas and methods now used everyday by martial arts across the globe for peak performance, decades ahead of his time.

 

Jeet Kune Do is considered to be a relatively new martial art (created in 1967). This makes it an even more unique art for its time. After meeting many famous celebrities and working in holloywood Bruce Lee overcame many hurdles and managed to use his skills in acting as the best way to popularize his teaching and philosophy through movies and TV.

 

When SiGung Lee had first come to the U.S. and taught, he used a modified blend of several arts, as he borrowed from Kung Fu, Western Boxing, Fencing and other influences.  He had taught different people at different times and was always making improvemnets. Eventually he called his art "Jun Fan Gung Fu" (this is the base system of JKD) he stressed not to waste your time with elaborate moves, but to be fast, simple and direct.

 

It is important to remember that you can not truely know Jeet Kune Do without first knowing the Jun Fan method, this is the base foundation, this is the Art. Jeet Kune Do was named after several more years of experimentation during his days at the L.A. Chinatown school. It was during this time that the birth of Jeet Kune Do came to be, with the help of his senior student,research and training partner (and head instructor of the L.A school) Dan Inosanto.

 

Jeet Kune Do is a combination of training methods that allows you to be a complete fighter, using unlimited fighting concepts to  constantly train your core techniques, mastering all ranges, seeking out the unknown, constanly doing reseach and experimentation to discover what  fits with your body and abilities during the combative mental and physical situations using scientific principles, and of course, a transending philosophy.

 

 

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  Sifu Russell Fuson is an instructor at:
  Fuson's Jeet Kune Do academy.

 

  

 

 

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