Bruce Lee's Qualities Of Excellent Fighters | The Essence Of Jeet Kune Do Pt. 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- This episode delves into the philosophical and practical aspects of Bruce Lee's martial arts philosophy, the Tao of Jeet Kune Do. It emphasizes the crucial role of coordination, where the synchronization of mind and body enhances martial effectiveness, allowing for fluid, adaptable movements tailored to the dynamics of combat. Techniques like shadow boxing are highlighted as essential for developing coordination, promoting a seamless blend of offensive and defensive actions. The discussion extends to precision, power, endurance, and balance as foundational elements of martial arts mastery, each contributing to a martial artist's ability to execute techniques with efficiency, strength, and resilience. Exercises such as plyometrics, isometrics, and skipping rope are suggested to cultivate these attributes, alongside the importance of visual awareness in anticipating and countering opponents' moves. The video encapsulates Bruce Lee's teachings as a holistic approach to martial arts, not only as a form of physical discipline but as a path toward personal excellence and purposeful living, urging practitioners to integrate these principles into both their martial arts practice and their daily lives.
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CHAPTER GUIDE
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0:00 Introduction
2:04 Coordination
3:34 Shadow Boxing
5:53 Precision
7:40 Power
9:31 Endurance
11:37 Balance
16:44 Economy Of Motion
18:10 Visual Awareness
18:40 Conclusion - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
“Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, and add what is uniquely your own.” Very useful quote for life and martial arts. Tryinf fo verse myself in more practices like wrestling and aikido. The more you know, the better.
That's the quote to live by.
That’s not a quote that Bruce said. That’s a quote by Inosanto that’s been misattributed to Bruce for the last 50 years.
Most people lack any insight, and experience into what works, what they can apply under pressure and “adding uniquely your own” doesn’t mean adding bits and pieces of different styles. Because that is not your own.
JKD is about distance to target using the most effective tool giving the situation. Not what style should I use to deal with this problem.
“The majority of people who practice Jeet Kune Do are mixed up, they think it should be a part of Wing Chun, a part of MMA, a part of Thai boxing, a part of wrestling, you know, a part of Wing Chun, which this is completely incorrect. You don't go from style to style, you go from distance to target or target to distance. Longest weapon to the nearest target and the most direct and efficient route possible, that is Jeet Kune Do.”
- Tommy Carruthers JKD instructor
“People fail to realize Bruce moved beyond technique. Once you understand the goal is to hit primary targets in the shortest time possible. All the fluff can be cut away. So you don't have to learn new techniques. You find better safer direct and indirect ways to attack these points. The rest of your time is spent training your body to refine this process.” - John Paul Daily JKD instructor
@@CalebCormac nice knowledge, thanks for the insights
@@axelstone3131Good point. .
Bruce didn't write the jkd books
He died and people took his written notes
And made them into
Books
..
Made money off Bruce.
In regards to discard etc
Bruce realised that was wrong..
Example he realised teaching jkd
To people without any prior martial training was useless
As they had no foundation
He then realised what he called classical mess
Was not a mess but ways of developing basic skills
flexibility
co ordination etc
Even in old school kung fu
Once you got to a certain level
In your style
You were then meant to train and teach that style your own way
Hence y so many kung fu styles have different variations
In wing chun
They all do the 3 forms
Sil lim Tao
Cham kui
Bill jee
But each school does the 2nd two forms completely differently
The differences r that great...
You may as well
be doing a different
style of martial arts altogether..
Jkd is legitimate 100%
But it isn't a style
More of a guideline
Bruce lee in private did tai chi...
With him dying
The world didn't get told that aspect of him
Hence y some jkd guys
Do not like wing chun
Tai chi
Karate
They have a distsain for anything ..that isn't jkd
Or what doesn't fall into there way of thinking
@@samsonik5885 you’re welcome
thank you for your videos its very motivating and mind opening
I'm glad you find value in them ! My pleasure 🙏
Just discovered ur channel. I really appreciate you for putting these workouts together. I had the Tao of jkd in high-school. I trained as best I could on my own. I have been doing ur follow along workouts. Thanks. Keep up the good work. I also love the name of ur channel.
Hey! thanks so much. I'm glad you're enjoying the content. The fact that you're doing the workouts makes me really happy. Cheers!
Hey! thanks so much. I'm glad you're enjoying the content. The fact that you're doing the workouts makes me really happy. Cheers!
That's a good video. If you're willing to look for an instructor who teaches JKD (Jeet Kune Do), wish you luck on that.
Thank you, I will
Great summary brother! I hope your video will help more people on their journey and motivate young once to dear to begin it!
Thanks bro! Me too! 😂
Congrats on 1k! :)
Ikr! I can't believe it haha it's a small step but I'm very grateful for y'all subscribing
@@CalebCormac np :) It was good content, would appreciate a version (of reading out loud ?) wo. background music.
Very informative 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Glad you enjoyed it enough to leave a comment 🙌
@@CalebCormac jeez
hey if you didn't see this in you videos you have a bad habit in your shadow boxing. When your about to change levels while you shadowbox you punch up instead of forward. You do this right as your sitting on your punch. It makes it easy to see when your about to change levels and can open you up to a counter attack. Just trying to help, keep growing and improving.
Thanks for the input, noted and I'll see if I can fix that. Cheers!
Do wing Chun and you just might understand what he's talking about.
I studied Wing Chun for a long time, and I'll cover it on this channel eventually.
I studied wing Chun for years and will cover it on the channel eventually.
@CalebCormac from the way you move. Doesn't look like you did. And if you seriously did, must have been from a crap instructor. Wing chun is superior to jkd. Jkd is just a basterdized version of wing chun. Jkd guys just being fan boys of Bruce lee and. Ever will they get to that level trying to copy him
@S.N.T.247 haha
@@S.N.T.247 Wing Chun has many deficiencies. Centre line theory will get you K.O'd or grappled to the ground. And yes I did the first two forms. Trapping hands in certain situations can work. The kicks are legit. Everything else is BS. Bruce understood this that's why he didn't stick to it solely.
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