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
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
When Jeet Kune Do trapping is mentioned today, it is met with a number of positive as well as negative responses. On one hand, there are those who think anything Bruce Lee wrote, talked about, illustrated or performed is definitely Jeet Kune Do. No doubt about it. On the other hand, you have people who...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
“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