Using Jeet Kune Do To Dominate MMA 

The smaller the punch the less telegraphic and his touch reflexes are faster because of chi sao and his deflected are tight from silum Tao and he moves his center off the line off his attack great stuff

Great video. We were just playing around with this exact concept last at Muay Thai class. Except for the shooting. We were having fun pairing this with a knee to the midsection. When you slap your adversary’s hands down, he instantly and automatically brings them back up to guard position. As his hands start going back up, your knee is already on its way!

Great- I love how the instructor shapes the partner’s timing, breath holding, or follow up. This is so valuable- I learned so much. Thank you 🙏 Life without fear- that’s what I want. I fought my first real fight (I’m 59 yo.)! I did well and used my Martial Arts training. I was calm. I hate to say it but it was the best thing that’s happened for me. Less fear in my world. The fight was close range and I’m going to incorporate the instructor’s concept into my training.

I love this - keep it small ! And yes - rhythm and beats to improve your speed! Very impressed 😊

Loved that. You never stop learning. Many thanks.

Sifu Singh is an exceptional coach, professionally and spiritually.

A master class. Well done

Excellent breakdown of how trapping can work in the real world! Thank you!

I'm 58, not healthy and unlikely to start doing a martial art, but I really liked this video and subscribed because I suspect these lessons will apply to every aspect of life, not just fighting. Looking forward to seeing more!

Facts , been looking for this level of J.K.D ; top shelf . Respect

Man this was excellent . I have not used those circular traps in that array but I will .

Fantastic, rhythm is True "Jeet June do." (The bamboo stick) In the "game of death." 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Nice work Sifu Harinder Singh

A great speaker as always.

Great message

Excellent! Thank you!

Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon against Bob Wall showed that a punch can initially block an opponent's lead hand/arm and then continue as a strike. One movement. With both hands back-to-back, you can see Bruce whip outward slightly to move the lead arm and then graft it into a thrusting straight punch. No need to recoil even the slightest. In a left to right stance, you can hammer forearm to forearm and graft into a thrusting straight punch, almost like bouncing off his forearm. I've done it many times sparring in class. Gliding across his forearm as you continue the straight punch gives you a feel for where his arm is and where it might be going rather than just smashing it out of the way. It's very fast but very effective.

Brillant demostration and the final part about be your self in a health way of the spirit as a martial artistis communnty is the way we can evolve all the styles and us as a human beens , thx sifu !

Loved this.

Great control by both

Sifu Singh you are super fast.. i can't see what you are gonna do next, ever..Thank you for another great lesson!!!

Addressing pride and ego is a great philosophy not only in martial arts, but in everything. Humility comes before honor.

I would really love to practice with such a great Sifu. Is your school in the US? Do you do seminars in Europe? Peace and respect.,

Thank you for your video. Jeet Kun Do is a remarkable art and you are a master teacher of the physical, mental, and spiritual facets. Can you reccommend a teacher in New York City who can teach me the way of no way?

This one is really good

Sensational!😎

Sifu brought up a solid point, trapping has to be done with your entire body. You have to unbalance the opponent with your trap, or what we call in wing chun breaking his structure. If you don't break his structure / posture he can just easily counter.

Very inspirational at the end also. & the Forearms are Elite. Bruce Lee would approve!

Thank you..speed was very important to Bruce Lee..

Sifu Lee would've loved Sifu Singh the way he's able to demonstrate how JKD works in unison with MMA as Bruce intended it to be straight to the point as effectively & efficiently as possible!

True that i needed to hear that no time for fear I've been learning arts since i was six every person ive tried to spar with says arts isn't fighting but i tell them in any true art i should learn from you as much as you do me just from sparring if we can't do that then where is the art at?

This instructor is always spot on💯🏆

Well said.

I can watch this all day 😊

Reminds me of all the "wing chun beats boxing" videos where a guy who doesn't fight gets one of his WC students who doesn't fight and never boxed to put on boxing gloves so they could pretend to fight and viola! Wing chun DOMINATED boxing over and over lmao. Yes, this style of trapping works in real fights. I know because I've seen real fighters do it in boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, AND in MMA.

Good Lord! U see it right, the Sifu is quicker than cat shiz in play mode. Loose and spry like a mofo. Looks twice as fast an smooth as student. Sub'd for damn sure.. Been doing M.thai 30yrs and this is relevant.

Problem is they are not moving around. No foot work or head movement. Also a simple jab would get the job done. This might work against the cage though.

Good clash intercept. I view this as "antler kung fu" its like deer antlers trying to win the center in 0.2 seconds. Intention and tiny angles can lead to your opponent having to move his entire body.

I have seen this technique in boxing lowering the guard and punch hard, vasyl lomachenko does a similar tecnique.

Trapping in its essence the ability to move through your opponents guard with sensitivity and the understanding of weight distribution. After understanding the drills and sensitivity applications. You pressure test it with actual hard foward pressure. The most reliable form of training this is going to be with Jesse clovers ncgf. Saying theres no trapping range is a bit if a stretch. Grabling range is traping range with a different skill implemented into it. Trapping skills or at least the sensitivity training aspect of it can set up better judo throw opportunities and other takedowns in general. Most trapping skills require loose shoulder and abdomen mobility and movement fluidity to be effective. Knowing how to move kinetic energy through out the body through a nimble and loose body is very effective at cloee range. There more to it then the trapping drills we see.

Zipper head that's not always true. Jon Jones applies a lot of JKD in his matches. I consider him more versatile. And Anderson Silva is also an understudy of JKD and Wing Chun. When was the last time we saw a dominant wrestler in MMA, since Khabib retired? We our starting to see some trapping being used in MMA.

Awesome demonstration, but I have some questions and doubts, just saying 🤷

its always beneficial to feel how your body wants to move so you can develop the circular intuition he was displaying, which is also known as the channeling force or the ground reactive force in jeet kune do. The one inch punch utilizes smaller efficient circular planes of motion to converge onto a focused point, whenever the one inch punch is shown you see a full chain of kinetic motion from the feet punching on the beat to the target, which is why he was showing the beat training. Rhythm training is integral to unlocking ground reaction force, since kinetic energy has its own intuition which we must mold our speed and athleticism after and not seek to control energy statically and restrictively. Thus we unlock ground reactivity and perfected timing to instinctively understand when all strikes are occurring versus when movement becomes a consideration before strikes open themselves up, allowing for minimal self consciousness in the midst of battle

VERY GOOD

sick

Nice

Great message, slightly undercut by the clickbait title

As an MMA fighter wing Chun/ traditional martial arts has it's place chin-na /hapkido for grappling chi sao for sensitive development

Opened the video ' 1st 2 seconds as he came fireard shaking his OPEN FACE with hands down i saw him knocked out ' 😊

Clever guy

Hope this sifu Will go to octagon and try his concept

Its always that any sport at the highest level requires an understanding completely different from lower levels. If you havent coached therw with success you have no place teaching students like canada's no.1 student.

Very impressive

Bruce Lee always says "be like water"

I'm not the only guy who makes noises like "blahhhhh!" when drilling!

Love the technique but using it real time during MMA competition is tough as most fighters rarely remain in the trapping range long enough for you to pull off the technique. Most close the gap from punching or kicking range to clinching or grappling range, skipping past the hand trapping. Depending on your reach the higher percentage shot will be a jab, cross, hook, elbow or knee. This trapping technique/hard parry to percussion or take down could be more effective in countering stand up aggression out of competition. Typically, someone who is drunk or underestimates your ability doesn’t think about distance or range - they sometimes freely enter into your trapping range feeling they are not in any danger. The inside parrying with your hands out in front during competition is difficult enough with smaller gloves - an outside parry or one hand high guard and slip is easier as you can simultaneously counter with either a hook or a short cross at that range.

JKD IS MMA! With Bruce Lee’s philosophy and principles. Which you’re open to change btw. The question is what arts are you wanting to mix? What is the best fighting method for you? How can you constantly improve? .. The instructor here is very good. Would love to train with him

wow with all do respect Bruce Lee 2.0 . Man you're awesome

Can mix this into the clinch+elbows & knees too. Kali/JKD/Wing Chun.

Seems the challenge in MMA might be taller fighter who’s boxing range. I do t doubt for a minute that JKD is very effective for street encounters though. Too many rules in MMA to rely solely on any one style but a great foundational art for an MMA fighter.

I want you to spar him with it. Only works on the unexpecting or untrained.

Can you show the techniques in a sparring session, I see many tutorials and videos like this but there is only a handful of people who will show examples of their techniques in sparring. It's one thing to practice kata, and it's good! But don't forget kata alone is insufficient. My issue with this is that range in mma is unrealistic for striking , boxing and wing chun that range is normal. But not mma Hence why I'd like to see it be used in sparring. Your speech at the end man, shows you are aware that what you are doing may not seem correct to everyone. So I dunno man. Show some sparring.

Its not that jeet doesn't work, as shown here it certainly can. Its that it is taught imcorrectly, and you still need to be a good atheltete. That athleticism is whats missing from wing chun many times.

Fire

Dude is legit!

What’s the MMA guys name?

I mean to prove wing chun i was gonna go pro in boxing until the entire city's boxing gyms kicked me out cuz they dont want me get brain damage now i practice basketball and badminton which i actively coach but both cases im planning on reaching a high level

I respect the instructor massively. It always concerns me in the back of my mind that he seems to be out of breath in every video. It is in no way a criticism, it just confuses me a little bit every time. But I will continue to watch and try to learn from him.

The Immobilization Attack of Attack by 5 Ways in freestyle fighting methods of Jeet Kune Do (also called Original Jeet Kune Do now). 🐲🐉F &GD JKD/OJKD💯❤️🔋🔔💥💣🌞🥊🥋🌎

Quero isso funcionando no mma

I would like to see the actually sparring session where you don't have a willing opponent and you don't just stand in front of each other. Great information, but let's see them mix it up. That way, you can throw out the crap and just keep what works.

Bruce is smiling!!

Now let's see it against an actual resisting opponent that's not cooperating with you... It's the same problem with aikido demonstrations once it's used on resisting opponent it ceases to be useful

What is happening?

Is that Howie Mandell

Bruce Lee's instruction in WC extended to being an intermediate with the 1st form material. He never demonstrated much in the way of trapping competency. What he should be known for instead is for mixing. He was far ahead of his time in the late 1960s. Who can even know how long it would have taken for mixing to become popular if not for him? WC forms function as a dictionary, not a cookbook or recipes and combinations the way Kenpo and Karate forms are structured. The WC sequences could have been arrayed in any ergonomic order and it wouldn't make any difference to how a fighter under that instruction would learn to use the individual elements. The main reason to practice them at all is to focus on the precision and structure of the positions themselves (precision comes first). Same with Chi-Sao; it's merely a training platform to safely put combinations together and practice them with a training partner. It's not a form of sparring and it won't teach anyone how to actually fight. If anyone has any interest in adding elements of WC to their MMA game they should just stick to the 1st/2nd form material and link up with an actual WC instructor to learn those positions. Maybe spend a few months at it to get the basics, and then move on. (maintain those structures by practicing them, though). In addition to his other training in other styles, Bruce Lee got a LOT of mileage out of a very limited amount of 1st form competency. I think he'd have done even better - as a mixer - if he could have made it through to the 2nd form material. If you adapted your boxing to a centerline orientation and a vertical fist that's going to change things in both your offense and defense. Not as powerful with the punch, but way safer on your hand and in defending your midsection, plus it enables some trapping. If a ring fighter is on point with 1st/2nd form structure and precision they will never put themselves into needing anything from the 3rd form. Most of the ring sports don't allow overhead elbows or attacking the eyes or throat anyway. When this instructor is saying "smaller, smaller" in the vid that is actually a great example about focusing on the basic structure and precision rather than trying to compensate with speed and strength. FYI, Non-WC practitioners virtually always have poor form WRT their WC elements and frequently devolve into strength/strength variants. If you ever see someone banging on a WC dummy, that's not the instruction: except for the chain punch defense in the beginning the rest of the instruction is mostly about constantly sticking to those contacts as you cross into and out of and across their centerline. Banging looks good on film but the problem with that is you have to re-establish contact every time you break it, which that's the hard part.

I don’t mean to offend anyone. I am just skeptical until I see JKD at the highest levels in MMA. Traditional martial arts were frowned upon for years in MMA. However traditional karate guys have shown it can work. Not saying JKD cant work but but since I’m not familiar with the art, I need to see it work before I’m a believer.

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Trapping don't work? Umm, tell that to Tony Ferguson?

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Love the fact that men with big bellies are eager to learn!

It's crazy that bruce fighting ability is still question theirs no doubt he was a real fighter.

I'm old...but in Ip Man's lineage...I have enough moves for 15 seconds of fury. I'm 6'3", 275 lbs and wear running shoes.

The ending is what made me start learning the arts

Instead of him giving the go, couldn't they just take someone else so we can appreciate how fast are there reaction time?

This dude is part of the next evolution

I have single fear. It is spiders.

Jeet Kune do is hit first, not parry first or Jut first. The aim is always to hit. If your hand encounters a barrier while hitting, THEN remove the barrier not before. That is not JKD

Naysayers will end up tonguing his Nile.

I wonder why masters of jeet kune do who are legit are scared to go into fights. You need only win one professional bout. From the thousands of adept jkd choose and train 1. Is that so hard.

Nobody fights like that in MMA especially when you are fighting a Dagestani.

" bald eagle"

eye roll

you forgot leg strikes!!!

NEVER trust a guy with a soul patch

Someone may want to check their aluminum levels.

Bruce would be proud 😢

The Sifu countering the student is unfair as he's already expecting the hand slaps. When I use to study JKD, we have offensive drills and defensive drills. But the dummy stays a dummy until we do counter drills. Using "counters" on drills is not fair for student. JKD teaches you how to think and analyze movement and techniques. Slap Hands do not work if you're constantly going for it in a real fight or cage fight. But in a moment of violent surprise, it should work. But then again, many techniques when used in a moment of violent surprise will usually work lol. Therefore, JKD is about "from concept" to actuality. This slap hands technique "does not" dominate MMA because you'd be too stupid to be standing in front your opponent at slap hands range like this drill lol. MMA is not Boxing lol If anybody in MMA stands at that range, they deserve what's coming to them. Again, JKD analyze techniques, and now distancing. Distancing is a key concept and primary footwork study in JKD. But I guess we violate it here for slap hand theory training. lol

Huen sau is legit - but loose the back fist pls 🙈

Just out of interest, when are we going to see you in the UFC "Using Jeet Kune Do To Dominate MMA"?