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Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee
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Jeet Kune Do is not a new style of Karate or Kung Fu. Bruce Lee did not invent a new style, or a composite, or modify any style to set it apart from any existing method. His main concept was to free his followers from clinging to style, pattern or mold.
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Jeet Kune Do--the literal translation is "way of the intercepting fist"--was conceived by Bruce Lee in 1967. Unlike many other martial arts, there are neither a series of rules nor classification of techniques which constitutes a distinct Jeet Kune Do (JKD) method of fighting. JKD is unbound; JKD is freedom. It possesses everything, yet in itself is possessed by nothing. Those who understand JKD are primarily interested in its powers of liberation when JKD is used as a mirror for self-examination.
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Jeet Kune Do students train in each of these ranges equally. According to Lee, this range of training serves to differentiate JKD from other martial arts. Lee stated that most but not all traditional martial systems specialize in training at one or two ranges. Bruce Lee's theories have been especially influential and substantiated in the field of Mixed Martial Arts, as the MMA Phases of Combat are essentially the same concept as the JKD combat ranges. As a historical note, the ranges in JKD have evolved over time. Initially the ranges were categorized as short or close, medium, and long range.[5] These terms proved ambiguous and eventually evolved into their more descriptive forms although there may still be others who prefer the three categories.
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Jeet Kune Do translated, as "Way of the Intercepting Fist" was Bruce Lee's personal expression of the martial arts. It is not bound by any one system nor is it meant to be a system. It is a philosophy and an ongoing process of self-discovery. This is not to say that there is no structure to JKD. Most Martial Artists who practice JKD have prior study of other martial arts systems. Bruce Lee himself studied Wing Chun for 5 years.
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Jeet Kune Do was developed largely from three arts; Wing Chun Gung Fu, Fencing and Western Boxing. Even though JKD derived many principles and techniques from these arts, it is not merely a "mish mash" of these and other arts. Bruce Lee used science, experience, theory and knowledge to manipulate, evolve and ultimately create something new and much more effective for [P]ractical self defense.
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The notion of cross-training in Jeet Kune Do is similar to the practice of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in modern times -- Bruce Lee has been considered by UFC president Dana White as the "father of mixed martial arts"[2]. Many consider Jeet Kune Do to be the precursor of MMA. This is particularly the case with respect to the JKD "Combat Ranges". A JKD student is expected to learn various combat systems within each combat range, and ... to be effective in all of them, just as in MMA. Although there are similarities between JKD and MMA the one distinguishing feature is that MMA practitioners are trained to fight according to a set of rules to fit the sport that they are participating in (UFC, Pride, etc.). Thus MMA is a sport while JKD is a fighting concept optimized for real street situations.
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