Chinatown JKD

[KPM]

I've dabbled in JKD in the past but have always been primarily a Wing Chun guy. But I've decided to really make the switch. I've been liking what I've seen from the Chinatown JKD webpage. I have both of Tim Tackett's books by that name. So I ordered their video series to start working from. Anyone have any experience with it? Thanks!

 

[Dylan9d]

I'm interested in doing JKD as well. The teachers here in Holland are from the Ted Wong lineage and also the Tim Tackett lineage.

How's you Silat going KPM? You still doing Serak?

 

[KPM]

I'm interested in doing JKD as well. The teachers here in Holland are from the Ted Wong lineage and also the Tim Tackett lineage.

How's you Silat going KPM? You still doing Serak?

I was doing Bukti Negara. Problem with that is there is no support with DVDs or on-line instruction, etc. I do think I have the basic sweeps and takedowns down pretty well, which of course will fit with any JKD perfectly. So there are still aspects of Silat that I really like. Just not sure how high yield learning the Jurus and Sambots would really be in the end.

 

[Xue Sheng99]

If they have not changed their program, Chinatown JKD use to allow you to sign up for free and give you a few short lessons to get the idea of what it is like

 

[KPM]

If they have not changed their program, Chinatown JKD use to allow you to sign up for free and give you a few short lessons to get the idea of what it is like

That is true! They also sponsor the forum at jkdtalk.com, which is pretty good. They have a page on facebook as well. Their curriculum is based on the experience of Bob Bremer and Jim Sewell who were both direct Bruce Lee students, and Tim Tackett who was of course a very early Dan Inosanto student. From what I've seen so far their stuff is very much in-line with what Ted Wong was teaching. So it all seems like good authentic stuff and a good distance learning program!

 

[KPM]

Got the series of DVDs recently and have worked through the first couple of DVDs (Lessons 1-4) of level 1. Good stuff! The instruction is very detailed and the production quality is good. Jeremy Lynch is the main instructor and is a good teacher. Level 1 appears to be set up in a progressive lesson fashion covering all of the basic material. Then at level 2 each DVD covers a specific topic in depth. For example, there is a DVD on using the dummy, a DVD on Energy Drills, a DVD on the 5 ways of attack, etc. Then level 3 seems to be lots of sparring footage with analysis of mistakes and how to avoid them and how to do things better, etc. Seems like a very comprehensive and very well-done series. I'm happy with it so far and look forward to digging into it further. It also matches the 2 books I mentioned above pretty closely so you have a print reference as well as a video reference. They are having a Instructor Workshop in May out in CA that I plan on attending. So I this point I would highly recommend their program for distance learning.

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[Mou Meng Gung Fu]

Chinatown JKD is Authentic JKD, very good for Street Defense training.

 

[Taiji Rebel]

The Chinatown JKD books by Bob Bremer and Tim Tackett are stimulating and thought-provoking. Not seen any of their videos, neither have I signed up for any online learnings. After starting Karate as a kid, it was a year or two before I learned about Bruce Lee. By then I had already realized wearing a white uniform and chasing after belts was not much use outside of the dojo. The pragmatic approach of his writings appealed to me, so many years later when I came across the Chinatown JKD books they instantly found a place in my library. Can definitely recommend the books and would imagine other teachings by these guys would be comparable - except you will be hard-pressed to gain any personal instruction from Bob Bremer these days

 

[Gyakuto105]

Our academy went down the Concepts road under INoanto and it was a dogs breakfast...I mush preferred the earlier material

What was bad about it @Budokan1961?

 

[Gyakuto105]

By the way, does ‘INoanto’ mean (Dan) Inosanto?

 

[isshinryuronin]

It was too fragmented...We would do some drills and then on to grade work with comprised of training modules of Thai, Kali, capoeira , filipino boxing etc.

This is the danger of combining too many arts. Especially ones that have incompatible fundamentals. If you take too many paths, you will get lost and never arrive to high proficiency.

 

[punisher733]

Thats what I like about karate..You start with and then try to perfect fundamentals...we are both guitar players so I will use that analogy...You start with open position chords, the barre chords and you learn all the inversions...There is a clear path of progression and each building block is relatable to the one that precedes it...I much prefer the material in Bruce Lees fighting method books...Bruce always said JKD was a process of shedding but the concepts method flies in the face of that in my view

IMHO, I think of the things that gets missed with JKD vs. Jun Fan is that Bruce Lee assumed that the person already HAD a good foundation and knew how to apply their base art. THEN you could take what was useful and add it to your toolbox. Jun Fan was set up for the student to get a base delivery system from which to draw from and fill in things where they needed to.

Also, there is "cross referencing" of tools, meaning I look at another's approach of how they do things and use the tools in my arsenal to do that
Then, there is "cross training" and fully training in another art.

The problem with cross training is that many times they have different goals and different delivery methods of "how" to use the body. If a person isn't at a high enough skill level, then they are left with a pieces/parts approach that isn't fluid and many times doesn't make sense.