Spike'sRose

"Possession of anything begins in the mind" ~ Bruce Lee

Oh yeah... Jeet kun do is not a style or fighting form... Bruce, in his early career, did think that kung fu was the ultimate fighting stlye - superior is any other. But, as he trained, he realized that all styles are equal. That is why in his last film (which he didn't finish) The Game Of Death, he wore the yellow jump suit, showing no afilliation with any particular style.

Also - in Enter The Dragon, when talking to the British dude:

British dude: "What's your style?"
Bruce: "My style? You could call it the art of fighting without fighting..."

Heck yeah - Bruce Lee is kick ass.

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Hassun

Read that Tom_san.

To answer your question completely, JKD is NOT a system and nor is it a martial art.
The best way to describe it is calling it a fighting philosophy. It can be used with any martial art you desire. It preaches adaption: Being fluent + adapting to your enemy/situation.

This is also the reason why it will probably never be liked by karatekas or practitioners of other stance based martial arts, Bruce Lee was against rigid stances of any kind and didn't see fighting in different martial arts but fighting as a whole.

One could say that his idea was ahead of the times because the whole MMA craze started well after his death.

Happy now?

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Ragn0r0x

Bruce Lee is one of my heroes and I enjoy watching all his movies. If he was still alive today, he could take on todays top martial artists and kick ass. I thought it was cool how he oculd adapt to any fighting style, like in the movie "Game of Death".

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tom_san

i have seen the err of my ways*bows*

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i wish my grass was emo so it would cut itself.

spike spiegel

one of my favorite movies was enter the fist,In chinese It's the big bose. when filming
in the beginning he got in a fight with his real arch enemy and fought on the set,of course
Bruce Lee kicked his ass.

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"I let all that kind of blood away" Thanks Viper

Spike'sRose

The Big Boss is SWEET...

What I love about Bruce's films is that he tried to avoid any real conflict. He was pushed into defeding himself or someone else. Bruce only really kicked major ass when seriously provoked. Why anyone would provoke Bruce Lee is byond my understanding.

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Hassun

In the movies: Because it's a movie.
Outside of the movies: Fighters usually want to test themselves and their opponents, it could also be about bragging rights.

Bruce Lee was a real troublemaker in his earlier days, he liked to participate in streetfights and such.

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Spike'sRose

Umm... I was being sarcastic LoL

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GSXR600K1

I would like to see a Jet Li/ Bruce Lee fight. WOuld be an awesome event.

Hassun

And I wasn't.

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narrator

Ah I see you heard about that too. I recall that fact from an old documentary about Bruce sometime ago. It had some various interviews with friends, other actors and family. Can't remember the damn name of it....

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