JKD is NOT MMA
by Keith Pascal
I keep reading how Mixed Martial Arts got its roots from Bruce Lee’s JKD. Before you click away when I tell you how much I disagree with the implied connection, why don’t you conduct my little experiment...
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Which style is best for street fighting? That’s the question that I am occasionally asked by Martial Arts Mastery subscribers.
So, which martial-arts style is best to learn to street fight?
I hope that people ask this from a self-defense...
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There are a lot of martial arts, combative, and self-defense programs on the Internet. Books, ebooks, and DVDs abound. Which of these martial artists are promoting scams? In other words, how do you tell if your martial-arts purchase is bogus?
Bogus...
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Recently, I have written several articles on the flaws of patting your opponent. Many think that I am criticizing Filipino martial arts; not so. I am just not a fan of these excessive taps, that aren’t strikes.
Many guros claim that in...
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If you have read about Bruce Lee’s style of JKD, then you probably probably know that he advised leading with your best. That means that if you are left handed, you’d have your left side forward, and if you are right handed, then...
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Martial Arts Definitions
This really isn’t a blog post about a Jeet Kune Do fighter taking on a MMA fighter; rather, it’s about the confusion of ‘mixing martial arts” with “Mixed Martial Arts” (MMA).
Mixed...
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How fast, powerful, and efficient is your straight blast?
Can you fire off a series of very short, fast punches, where each fist starts from elbow distance of the other extended arm? Can you unleash a barrage of punches with even less distance...
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