Jeet Kune Do, style or not?

[Xue Sheng120 38]

When I started with the JKD academy in Sydney, the approach in line with what Bruce was teaching in his early days...Directness, economy of form, longest weapon....nearest target...as time when by it became confused and moved away from simplicity to a more "smorgasbord" approach...This is only my experience though

My short time in JKD was what i bolded above, did not get muddled at all. But in JKD i yhink it depends highly on the teacher’s background as to what you end up with. But then i did not train much on the concepts side of things. It was mostly the “what Bruce taught” side of things

 

[Kung Fu Wang128 159]

Where did I say that?

To me, "Too much of everything and not enough of anything" means there is enough "breadth approach" and not enough "depth approach".

When a teacher uses:

- "breadth approach", his students will learn all the tools in the toolbox (such as jab, cross, hook, uppercut, back fist, ...).
- "depth approach", his students may not learn all the tools in the toolbox. But his students will learn detail of each tool (such as how to change a hook punch into a back fist, how to use a back fist to set up an uppercut, and how to use uppercut to set up an overhead, ...).

Many MA systems use "breadth approach". Very few MA systems use "depth approach".

In your opinion, which approach does JKD take?

 

[Xue Sheng120 38]

To me, "Too much of everything and not enough of anything" means there is enough "breadth approach" and not enough "depth approach".

When a teacher uses:

- "breadth approach", his students will learn all the tools in the toolbox (such as jab, cross, hook, uppercut, back fist, ...).
- "depth approach", his students may not learn all the tools in the toolbox. But his students will learn detail of each tool (such as how to change a hook punch into a back fist, how to use a back fist to set up an uppercut, and how to use uppercut to set up an overhead, ...).

Many MA systems use "breadth approach". Very few MA systems use "depth approach".

In your opinion, which approach does JKD take?

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times," - Bruce Lee