Multiple Arts encouraged or discouraged?

[Josh Oakley]

Have a base in a well-rounded art FIRST. After you have a solid foundation, then you can think about branching out. Heck, depending on the art, and what it covers after black belt, you might not NEED to branch out.

Don't focus on the quantity of what you know, focus on the quality. Avoid being a mile wide and an inch deep in your knowledge.

 

[Flying Crane]

even bruce lee would learn an enemies style before he would fight them

not sure I'm following you here. Do you have an example?

When Bruce was a street punk in Hong Kong, he was a wing chun guy. The fights he had in the streets, he used his wing chun, even if the other guy didnt.

When he fought Wong Jack Man, Bruce was still a wing chun guy. He fought Sifu Wong with wing chun, even tho Wong used other methods.

I haven't heard of other "real fights" that Bruce had, so I can't really comment further.

Bruce trained in many things, and then fought according to what he knew and how he understood it. But I don't believe he systematically and deliberately researched and studied a style with the intention of then fighting a specific person from that style.