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Sat, 18 Nov 2006
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| Learn all about Bruce Lee.Understand who he was and what he did.And how he changed martial arts! |
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Sun, 29 Oct 2006
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| Bruce Lee |
Born in San Francisco in 1940, Bruce Lee was a
man of great vision, determination and
understanding of things. Growing up on the
streets of Hong Kong, he became interested in the
martial arts after loosing many street battles
with his gang. He had previously studied Tai
Chi, but found it was not for him. He did
However take great interest in learning a system
called Wing Chun. Under the grand master Yip
Man, Bruce learned a lot and progressed well.
Although Bruce was only little past the second
form in Wing Chun when he left, he had a profound
understanding of what he did know. Bruce Lee was
a martial genius the likes of which may never be
seen again. He took what he did know and
modified it a little. He began teaching his new
art of "Jun Fan Gung Fu" in the United States
after his father had sent him back to his birth
place.
Bruce liked this system fine. The system had a
lot to offer. It had its boxing and trapping
tools, low kicks, a stance he felt comfortable
with. He would later find though, that it had
its restrictions.
When a man named Wong Jack Man challenged Bruce,
in front of his own students, to a fight, Bruce
used his Jun Fan system to beat him, ...barely.
After the fight Bruce found himself tired and out
of breath. He realized the fight took too long,
and that a complete martial artist must also put
emphasis on being physically fit. He decided to
look for a better way of fighting. His search
for the truth in martial arts began.
Bruce Lee's search into the realities of combat
was taken quite seriously. He showed no bias to
any one style or culture. He tried to view his
new method of fighting as something that floats
in totality. It is not about being an American
way of fighting or a Chinese way. It also was
not about learning all there is about kicking, or
all there is about grappling. It was about
combat. What works about it, what hinders it,
and how can you make it better, faster and
simpler.
Bruce had a library of thousands of books. All
of which he had read and taken notes on. Part of
what made him a great teacher is that he was a
great student. He would listen any opinion on
martial arts regardless of style. He would
retain what he liked and disregard the rest, but
he would always listen. For his way of fighting,
Bruce borrowed from Wing Chun, Western Boxing,
Fencing, Judo, Jiu Jitsu and others as well as
his own personal modifications. Bruce also began
cardio and weight training, to build a lean
muscle mass and boost his stamina.
He trained obsessively. It has been said that on
an average night you might see Bruce doing the
splits in front of the T.V., reading a book in
one hand, while doing curls with the other.
Passionate yet passive, Bruce Lee was both sides
of the Yin Yang.
Jeet Kune Do today is in a state of finding
itself. Although the master left us decades ago,
we are still scrambling to pick up the pieces and
figure it out. Jeet Kune Do schools are few and
far between. It is not a centuries old art that
has been established and has a specific
curriculum, and I don't think it ever will be.
That is not what Bruce wanted or intended
anyway. There is however a great deal of
learning to do for any JKD enthusiast or
practitioner. We must each find what Jeet Kune
Do is for ourselves and together to build a way
of learning for the future.
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| About us |
Hi my name is malachi and raymond we study jeet
kune do for a very long time.We been wanting to
open up our own school.But that takes a lot to
do.Since you can only find jkd in the bay area.We
thought we open on here in modesto ca.We run into
a lot of people who want to learn jkd.So we were
giving them private lesson for free and now were
trying open a school for everyone to learn
jkd.We teach in our back yards or mostly at the
park for more of a wide open space.We dont not
charge much or by the hour like other schools or
private lessons.We are fair and would like to see
people who are intersted in learning jkd for self
defenst not to go around picking fights.
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