[MileHighMadMan]

Originally Posted by Gong||Jau

You're misinterpreting what I wrote. I wasn't saying that flashy moves are useful in combat. I was saying that your form while striking can be important. Take for example a boxer's jab and Wing Chun straight punch: two straight lines which could easily hit the same target. However, the jab is designed to do minor damage and set up for another strike, while the straight punch is not usually retracted all the way back quickly and is structured so you can block an incoming attack with the same arm, either with the punch or after it connects. Furthermore, think about the difference between a hook and a haymaker. Despite attacking the same area, because of form one is a sloppy punch unlikely to do good damage unless you get lucky and the other is a power shot.

Trust me, you're not the only person who doesn't care about stylish motions while fighting, but there's more to fighting than just using your arms and legs like clubs.

Yes there is more to fighting than just swinging about like a crippled bird, or using your arms and legs as clubs. Style and Technique are two different things. You should make sure that you are using good technique no matter what style you use. Drunken boxing is a good representative of what I am talking about. It is a style derived from the idea of appearing to be off balance and mentally unsound or "drunk", but if you don't use proper technique it doesn't work and you will fall on your face or punch at empty air. To punch for power you must use both body and arm and fist. To kick for power you must use body, leg, and foot. You must have these basics down before you can use any style.

[Gong||Jau]

When I said "stylish" I meant as in flashy kicks, not as in a particular fighting style. Good technique is derived from good form, which is why I said that the form your strike takes en route to the target is important.

[Kali]

.JKD, teaches us to use what is appropriate to a given situation. For example it is not appropriate to use a spinning back kick in a phone box, but throwing a knee, head butt and so forth are. JKD is a way of training and a way of thought. It teaches us to have grounding in each area so that you may take advantage of your opponent?s apparent weaknesses. If I come up against a boxer, I do not play him at his game, instead I try and lead him to unfamiliar territory, this is were I will gain the upper hand, by using what is appropriate to the situation.

[Twitch]

Originally Posted by .smoke.

But instead of 'Formless' I think it should be 'LIMITLESS' form or 'INFINITE FORM'. Just my opinion.

Well, didn't Bruce himself say once that "it is hard to comprehend 'nothingness'?" I know that somethings contradict, and yet they don't. Okay, I suck at philosophy too. Basically, life contradicts it self. Why are we here, we have a purpose, IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE, doesn't it?

[graham1]

"If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from "this" or from "that," then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it." - Bruce Lee.

Don't get hung up on labels and parameters. JKD is alive and therefore always changing; don't try to box it in.


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

[eg_tao]

sounds like a non-combative warrior...

[Hengest]

If you're going to revive a thread that's been dead for two years, don't do it with some lame-arse non sequitur.