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Originally posted by Impreza01
Don't take JKD until you're proficient in one.........
Don't take JKD until you're proficient in one.........
i took kenpo for a number of years, but quit a few weeks before my black belt test because it was the most worthless martial art. i was tired of having a set form of attack/defense for a situation. i spent more time doing katas and other movements then i did learning fighting situations.
that is what intrigues me about JKD, i want to study an art that has no set form. jkd is supposed to pull from many different arts so the technique is more flawless, its not a standup only or a grounfighting only art, and it doesnt lock you into one set pattern of thinking when it comes to fighting.
also, effectiveness is key to me. ive seen guys get into fights who took martial arts a number of years and got beat bad. so i vowed to myself that i would never take up another art form until it could cash the check its mouth wrote.
as for going halfassed, i never do anything halfassed
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My 4 year old son Mikey! He has seen The Last Dragon atleast
20 times since we got the DVD 2 months ago. He sneaks in some hits while I'm watching T.V. and they hurt.
20 times since we got the DVD 2 months ago. He sneaks in some hits while I'm watching T.V. and they hurt.
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JKD is not a style; if Bruce Lee heard that, he'd be spinning in his grave. It's a philosophy, a way as he puts it. As for fighting, to say the least, sure there are some styles more oriented to fighting, but in the end it depends on the person who trains. For people who've done tournaments or challenges, they'll understand that style helps but evidently it's who trains better and so forth.
JKD is not a style; if Bruce Lee heard that, he'd be spinning in his grave. It's a philosophy, a way as he puts it. As for fighting, to say the least, sure there are some styles more oriented to fighting, but in the end it depends on the person who trains. For people who've done tournaments or challenges, they'll understand that style helps but evidently it's who trains better and so forth.
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I would make two recomendations. 1) my old roomate studied at Asano academy in SoCali. Not sure if they have a dojo in NoCali, but it's a multidicipline study and teaches a very wide range of practical arts. 2) I studied for a year (would have been longer, but I move to NoCali) under Alon Stivi in the Hisardut survival academy. It's a multidicipline military based study. Not very pretty, but extremely practical. It's the same martial arts that is taught to Israels military. I know they were plannin to expand so there may be something in NoCali now.
Anyway, I think you should be able to find a sparing partner in whatever dojo you decide to attend. Good luck.
Anyway, I think you should be able to find a sparing partner in whatever dojo you decide to attend. Good luck.
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Originally posted by brucelee
I took wing chun for a while...
The thing about wing chun though, is you don't spar, you do something called Chi Sao, which is very far from sparring, unless you are very good, and have a partner who is also very good.
I took wing chun for a while...
The thing about wing chun though, is you don't spar, you do something called Chi Sao, which is very far from sparring, unless you are very good, and have a partner who is also very good.
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Originally posted by Impreza01
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JKD is not a style; if Bruce Lee heard that, he'd be spinning in his grave. It's a philosophy, a way as he puts it.
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JKD is not a style; if Bruce Lee heard that, he'd be spinning in his grave. It's a philosophy, a way as he puts it.
that is what intrigues me about JKD, i want to study an art that has no set form.
"way of the intercepting fist" i believe it is
what you said holds very true to why he stopped teaching it tho. too many people trying to put their own spin on it and tie down JKD as being "a style"
most of that is what draws me to JKD.
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Just take shooto. It blends BJJ with Muai Thai. Then go out and buy a SIG P220 in .45, no one will **** with you.
Just take shooto. It blends BJJ with Muai Thai. Then go out and buy a SIG P220 in .45, no one will **** with you.
I wish their was a studio up here in the Bay Area that taught Vale Tudo. At American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, one of the teachers, named Kelly, who also fought in a UFC bout, used to teach one class per week with the above fundamentals. It was pretty cool to learn how to stand up and fight, and what to do if you get knocked on the ground.
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hmmm well i dont and havent taken a martial art. but im fat short and i look like i always have my eyes closed. hahaha hmmm maybe ill be sumo wrestler, well i look like one anyway ill just pretend. oh yeah i used to wrestle for a little while.
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Originally posted by KurleeDaddeeWRX
Is that similar to Vale Tudo, what Marco Ruas from UFC teaches. Stand up fighting of Muay Thai with the ground techniques of Brazilian Jui Jitsu?
I wish their was a studio up here in the Bay Area that taught Vale Tudo. At American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, one of the teachers, named Kelly, who also fought in a UFC bout, used to teach one class per week with the above fundamentals. It was pretty cool to learn how to stand up and fight, and what to do if you get knocked on the ground.
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Is that similar to Vale Tudo, what Marco Ruas from UFC teaches. Stand up fighting of Muay Thai with the ground techniques of Brazilian Jui Jitsu?
I wish their was a studio up here in the Bay Area that taught Vale Tudo. At American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, one of the teachers, named Kelly, who also fought in a UFC bout, used to teach one class per week with the above fundamentals. It was pretty cool to learn how to stand up and fight, and what to do if you get knocked on the ground.
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