Jeet Kune Do: The Most Difficult Thing To Achieve In JKD 

Wow, you got this video out there fast 😁 awesome ! Thank you for the collab and for the Megabi mention!

This channel is a treasure for people interested in Bruce’s way of fighting 💪🏽🐉

So, I posted about this in a Facebook Group with fellow Martial Artists and many have expressed disagreement in the "Hand before foot" punching principle. Some say, it does not even matter and that its not powerful, especially in Boxing or any combat sports. Others, threw insults at it, or insults at me for posting about it. Can you prove that "Hand before foot" is powerful even if incorporated in combat sports? I watch your videos and I like JKD, I am an Amateur Boxer but I still want to incorporate JKD elements into my arsenal. Its just that, I am still on the stage wherein I experiment which ones give me the best result in a fight.

Nice Thomas! It`s part of my practice... Steve Golden teached me how to train hand before food,and it is difficult; but I Like it! !

So awesome!!!!! And thank you for the shout out at the end!!!!! Much respect!!!!! Izzy

Very useful video! And good quality 👍🏼

Supper breakdown! Nice for also megabi skate mention with kalim! Best regards

Yeap ! Very good again ! Thanks for sharing 🙏

The back foot of Jeet Kune Do is very important, because it is the key to determining the victory or defeat. It is a kind of stability and pushing force. It is a measure of keeping a measure of scale and distance,am i right Sifu Thomas?

The Hammer Drill is a good one to maintain non-telegraphic (hand before body)

😊 awesome!

Wow I didn’t know you skate Thomas. I got a skateboard last year or maybe it was the year before. I always wanted to get good but never could. Anyway, I fell off and hurt myself, and I fell off a steel half pipe when I was younger and had triple vision. Guess it scared me, and because of my medical stuff I’m prone to getting more injured. It sucks because I’d love to be able to skate

Interesting. I had a feeling it might be that. I have a super technical JKD challenge that has been messing with my brain for years. What I'm about to discuss is all theory and is probably not even all that important. It's in a category of hyper analysis. I do NOT think any of what I'm about to ask is particularly important and I'm certainly NOT an expert. However, I'll lay it out for you and if anyone has an answer I'll be super impressed. Here we go: It's about "the push off". Now, think about a sprinter at the start of a 100m sprint. A sprinter's very first movement (from the starting blocks) is usually left hand goes up. I picked that up from the book Speed Trap by Charlie Francis. Anyway, in the case of Olympic sprinting there is an emphasis on forward motion. If a sprinters first movement was to (let's say) move their leg back then that would be considered inefficient. However, in the case of JKD - specifically because of the push off - the very first movement (on a micro level!) when moving forward is probably the dropping of the left heel. In other words a backwards movement. If I'm right about that (and I could be wrong) is this a sacrifice that JKD people make deliberately in exchange for some other benefit? In other words, won't the guy who is flat feeted be faster than the guy who is on his toes? Hold on! That wasn't particularly technical right? Well... here's the bit that messes with my brain. When a rocket is in space, it's not pushing against anything physically. However, when the rocket emits a thrust it moves forward - even though there's nothing being pushed against. Is it possible that this principle is somehow coming into play here and this might be the reason why the raised heel is acceptable? I'm not a martial arts guy but I'm interested in the physics behind this.

Boxing and kickboxing is stil slower then hands and feet right ?

I get what you are saying . I put my jkd on a break for a while and to Stay fit i Just train strengt and shadow jkd boxing . To me hands and feet is my solution. Its fits with emilo and Tommy i think. Its Just easy to Stay fit And dont be lost in training experience

Jeet Kune Do has a different strategy. The goal is not self defense. It is the opposite. Having a strong offense is the primary objective. Many forms of martial arts work extensively on preparing their defense against whatever may come their way. They train to defend and counter attack. Some may argue that In JKD, to intercept is the idea. This may be true, although, Interception is not necessarily defensive in nature. Even though it happens upon their attack, it’s not always waiting for it. Interception is something that can take place before an attack, during, or after. All three of these can be done with an offensive goal in mind. Offense is a mindset. It’s the idea of being in command of the situation. When squaring off with an opponent, the mind should be focused on taking control. Taking control is not waiting for or anticipation of the attack. In most cases, a JKD man should set up their attack. In this case, their attack is what you want it to be. You draw or progressively set them up and use their attack against them.

A difficult skill indeed. In the meantime one can develop feints relatively quickly. A critical skill amongst elite boxers/kick-boxers. I believe feints occur in JKD? in my opinion skills in deception have longer shelf life in terms of getting old.

Hand before foot is only used in long range, is that correct?

Good video so in jkd when we punch we must the hand first and then footwork in all punch!!! Or how?

The Megabi project. Is there any web page to read about it? Thanks

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This technique is actually easy. Imagine walking a dog. Your dog sees another dog and suddenly drags you. Hand before the foot.