While the back fist is a valuable tool in combat, sometimes when it is used it has too much preparation, or is thrown from an obvious position if you are in a proper Jeet Kune Do ready stance. In the video below, Jeremy Lynch demonstrates the correct ways to deliver the back fist. One common...Continue reading
Bruce Lee never wanted JKD to be a style – but 50 years ago the term “style” was something very closed and had a negative connotation. Today, the styles are much more open than before and usually adapt a lot of things from other arts. Bruce Lee never wanted JKD to be a closed system,...
An attack is an offensive action made with the objective of scoring a hit on an opponent. This action may be a single motion (simple attack) or comprised of several motions (compound/combination attack). It may be a direct attack in that it travels straight to the target via the most direct route. Or it may...Continue reading
1. Build a JKD filter There are many techniques in the martial art world that are taught. Some are very efficient and some are not. Some only work on certain types of opponents. Once you have learned the essential elements and have worked on trying to understand the strengths and weaknesses of any particular technique...Continue reading
A good friend of the Wednesday Night Group is Hock Hochheim. Hock has talked to us about what he calls “the myth of the duel”. What he means is that most people in martial arts train as if were still living in the age of dueling. The age of dueling was a time when two...Continue reading
Because of the books and articles I’ve written about Jeet Kune Do, I receive a lot of e-mails, most of which are questions. The most common is: How long will it take me to become a JKD expert and be certified to teach? I usually reply with a question of my own: How long would...Continue reading
No mastery of Jeet Kune Do would be complete without a thorough working knowledge of the straight lead. Used both offensively and defensively, the straight lead is the main weapon used for the stop-hit in defense. It is also one of the main weapons used to attack your opponent. For all its importance, the small...Continue reading
The Wednesday Night Group has gotten a lot of questions about Bruce Lee’s speed. They usually want to know if he was as fast as he seemed to be in his movies. The truth was that Bruce was even faster and had to slow his movements down so the camera could pick them up. Even...Continue reading
All martial arts have a specific structure. It is this structure that makes their art work. To understand any martial art you must first look at its structure. You can think of structure as a base of operations from which the attacks and defense of a particular art spring from. Structure is the base from...Continue reading
“Whack!” For the 20th time in a row, that sound echoed through my head. I was at Bruce Lee’s house, and he was standing about five feet away from me in the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do ready position. “Block my biu gee (finger jab) this time,” he said. Then Bruce began to move his...Continue reading