Tommy who came from a military family trained from an early age in martial art with his Father who in the Army was skilled in it......In 1974 two years after Bruce died Tommy saw a clip of Bruce fighting Chuck Norris in WAY OF THE DRAGON on a UK programme called 'World of Sport' and the WORLD TURNED....He studied Bruce's physical movement like a forensic scientist...You see whereas most folks were interested in the details of Bruce's personal life as a 'media star' Tommy was doing something quite different...He was asking all the right questions about Bruce's ART....Like 'How did Bruce train to generate power & speed' ?....'How did develop his flexibility' ? ......'How did he learn to read an opponent'....'Why & how did he integrate fencing & boxing into his fighting framework' ?.....Tommy was asking all the right questions from an early age & followed them up with tireless hard training. Cranked it up to the MAX...Then he started reading Bruce's NOTES on combat....Body Mechanics...Figuring them out for himself doing his own research & endless experimentation....Applying the principles of ECONOMY. Not just in the same way as Bruce had but applying them for HIMSELF into so many areas of the Art. Then he linked up with Jesse Glover (Bruce's first student) , & Howard Williams who both understood the direction Bruce was taking JKD & they helped to instruct & inspire Tommy to take simplification & skill in JKD to new levels of refinement.......Now today he teaches folks himself drawing on a reservoir of experience in applying & doing the art of Original JKD.
The best example of Bruce Lee's principles of hand to hand combat. If someone wish to attend a real JKD instruction there is one direction, Scotland - Glasgow - Tommy Carruthers.
+Salvatore The problem is to reach the place! Is very far away for the rest of the mortals. Did Tommy has some DVD's instructions to give us an idea of how to work?
If you cannot follow him at the Scotland basement or around the world (he is doing Seminars everywhere and he has students in different parts of the world) on his web site there are some on-line lessons where you can learn a lot and take all the advices and informations about Bruce's martial art; a lot of guys just began this way. Try to connect yourself on www.tommycarruthers.com I wish you good luck, Salvatore
jas528...Tommy's actually a genius....Both in his natural abilities & in his practical understanding of JKD....To see this you have to read his notes, & observe the quality of his students...There is simply no one like him in applying these economic principles to the Art & the imagination to create these drills with which to perfect it.
This guy seems to to know JDK like few others. He executes with phenomenal timing, speed and power. I can't imagine how anyone else can achieve his level.
One of the first students of Bruce in America said that when he saw a video of Tommy and saw his speed and power he is convinced that he is the closest thing he has ever seen that could compare to Bruce Lee.
@@Khaled-eq2bb Bruce Lee challenged anyone (streetfighters)when he was a schoolkid in HongKong thats why he got kicked out of so many schools. Later in America Bruce visited Karate dojos/schools and challenged Karate masters and beat them. An unbeaten pro heavyweight boxer with 200 straight wins challenged Bruce once and in his own words: ”Within 5 seconds I ended up on the floor and I didn’t understand how I went down so quick” thats when he became his student. Do your research before you start running your mouth here.
@@Khaled-eq2bb Thats such a stupid question-I told you he knocked down a heavyweight boxer who went 200 matches undefeated and you start talking about cassius clay. Bruce could knock out ANY fighter: Karate , boxing, he challenged ANYONE dont you get it? Listen to people who trained with him. You weren’t there so how would you know anything about his skills?
Tommy Carruthers to my mind is the ONLY man on the planet who has successfully cracked the code to unlocking the full roadmap to the REAL and true teachings of JKD as Bruce designed it to be - simple, direct, economical, SUDDEN and deadly.
David De Broekert............I suggest you try to understand the PRINCIPLES of SIMPLICITY in order to appreciate how they are applied by Tommy & his students in JKD........Then you might be in a legitimate position to make an INFORMED judgement.
While I'm not a fan his over analyzing criticism of others. I do respect and appreciate what Sifu Carruthers teaches and demonstrates. If JKD had 2 paths/branches this would be right hand path/branch. Simplicity, directedness, efficiency, economy of motion. Principles that are lost trying to learn too many styles/techniques. I do agree these principles should be taught by more Martial Arts teachers. #jakehunter88
Jake you are totally correct. he is very harsh with his criticism's to people, if he wasn't like this with people he would be even more successful than he is right now
@@yvonnecurriecurrie4888 Look after our Squadron Leader Yvonne ok love......the guy's a physical & theoretical GENIUS .....We need him.....JKD NEEDS him.
as i was watching this, something came to mind, which may be obvious now, but, 'the quicker you move to attack to defend, the less reaction and thought time your enemy has to attack you'
Bruce wouldn't have needed to finish a street fight hitting 4 times.....Bruce would have ended it quickly with just ONE clean shot to a decisive stopping target as his economic principles demanded.
Bruce's first and best student was boxer and Judo champion Jessie Glover. Jessie ended up a VERY close friend of Tommy's. He said THE only guy he'd come across in 40 years of travelling the world teaching, who had the same explosive speed and power that Bruce developed, was Tommy. He also said Tommy could do things with his legs that Bruce couldn't. You can hear Jessie commentating and saying this at one of Tommy's RU-vid videos. Type in Jessie Glover Tommy Carruthers and it should come up...
In reality-based fighting... the objective is to draw your opponent in... how is that done? In a self-defense situation you cannot Rush or attack your opponent first!
Sifu carruthers is the best jkd practitioner alive today. Anyone who has trained at his basement gym knows how good he is. Rather than criticize, why don't jokers like Mr de broekert put up footage of themselves in action so we can all see how good he is or is he all talk?Put up or shut up
Bruce Lee used a lot of faints and broken rhythm! The objective was to draw a lead from your opponent...then intercept... hence the term JKD the way of the intercepting fist!
Morris Zachrisson what about outside the club or the chip shop on a Saturday night and you go all bjj and ye get a football kick in the head? Cage 1-1 street 1 - ?
Without any restrictions on targets like eyes groin & kneecaps you'd find that it would work J.L ...Don't confuse sport rule environment for street environment with no rules.
For real tho, everything he was doing here has already been tested inside the cage, there's no magic and they're all effective. Jon Jones poking people in the eyes alot and everyone see the result, imagine Tommy do the same thing but twice the speed. "Accidental" groin shots also happened alot inside the cage. Uneducated idiots claimed that sidekick to the knee cap wouldn't work because Muay Thai and BJJ will prevent it with this and that, and now when fighters start using more often with great result, the same idiots wanted to ban it. There's nothin to prove here unless you have ego problem and can't stand seeing people showing their training effort to the public
