Bruce Lee NEVER lost to Wong Jack Man. He was just pissed that it took him like 3 minutes to beat him. So that's why he created JKD. The witnesses to the fight said Wong Jack Man ran the whole time. Do your research before you downgrade someone!
Alex Crowley I love responding to comments like these...WITNESSES? You mean people who were biased to favoring Lee in the first place. He "created" jkd? No...he "created" nothing. His family and friends standardized his methods AFTER his death, seemingly for a profit. 3 min fight? Because it was recorded right? Yes, I will do my research on how to get you Lee fans out of LaLa Land.
You were not there either so it's all conjecture on your part. I just came back from Guru Inosanto's seminar. He told us many stories of witnessing Bruce Lee's martial prowess. Are you gonna disrespect Guru Inosanto too? He's got 72 years of martial arts experience. I thought you weren't responding to people's posts about your video like you said in your video? Lol
Izzo Warrior Academy - Fighting and Fitness i have to disagree with you here Dominick, Bruce Lee named his art Jeet Kune Do and publicised it in a 12 episode show called Longstreet where he outlines some of his methods, he also had several drawinga and notes which now comprise the Tao of Jeet Kune Do which his family openly say was put into order after his passing. I am all for calling a spade a spade, but here i feel you are misguided, so i have to ask what have you done on the world stage in your life? Ok so you've worked in law enforcement and should be commended but bruce lee has inspired millions of people through his movies, martial arts, physical conditioning and philosophies, i love your videos on Wing Chun and am a big fan i just feel that this video is very self indulgent and a weak cry for attention
I find it funny you say Bruce Lee was no influence on you and that he trashed Wing Chun without knowing it, and yet you have simply said everything Lee himself said. Most of Wing Chun is garbage because it became too complicated. All Bruce Lee was looking for was simple and fast attacks that ended the battle quickly, which is what you say is in Wing Chun. I just happen to think that if Bruce Lee was alive today you and him would be getting along very well because he would agree with you on everything you said in this video.
The Rooster I thought I was the only one that caught that. He really is saying everything that Bruce Lee said, and then being passive aggressive towards him Bruce Lee 😂
Jeet Kune Do was invented By Bruce for Bruce. He never made a claim that he had invented a new style. His motto was: wrestle with boxer, box with wrestler. Personally, I would not trust this instructor even to train my dog, he is so full of himself.
By "this instructor" do you mean Bruce? Because he was full of himself. The guy in the vid made a valid point that I myself had considered some time ago; Bruce was a physical Ubermensch. He was an amazing fighter. Which means his take on martial arts isn't necessarily that good. Personally I would judge a system/instructor by how well the worst student can perform. Then you have a clearer view of the systems efficacy and the instructors ability to teach...
DrSpooglemon I meant one on the video. You have brought up the long time dispute in the martial arts what is better boxing or karate, wrestling or striking. Personally I have respect for Bruce not because of his performance, but his vision of martial arts. The problem with all classic martial arts, like kung-fu and karate they have failed prey to their "self-sufficiency". Bruce was the first who started looking outside the box. I do not know any system back than, besides combat sambo which was classified, that shared the same view. But once again, It not always about the system, but about a fighter. You are right.
DrSpooglemon Apparently you've never seen some of his best students Dan Inosanto, Taky Kamura, James Lee. World known Karate masters trained with him like Chuck Norris, and Joe Lewis. Taky and James did no Martial arts before meeting Bruce and where great instructors. P.S. this guy is talking bull because I've trained JKD, BJJ, MT and others. All Martial Arts teach a simple way of getting into a move. As you develop you start to change certain things. Bruce stated this THERE IS NO FORM! The only reason you do what you do is to learn the move after the fact as your attributes progress you may not need to side step to perform a move. It's just to teach you the move. Even Wing Chung teaches this way.
You totally misunderstood the point I was making. The poorest student in any given club is going to be the best measure of the system because they are necessarily the least able to fight to begin with. Good fighters are good fighters regardless of the way they train...
DrSpooglemon yes and no. Yes, because it is always about fighter. No, because some martial arts which practice semi contact sparring, kill the ability to fight.
exactly, it was mixed martial arts, except it was Bruce's personal take on it. anyone crying is just jealous that they do not have the balls to put a new name of style that is all on themself, why? because then if people attack their style, they are attacking the person, thus they cling to older styles that have tons of backing. Bruce knew what was up. As for your guys movements that you guys don't actually get to FULLY PRACTICE..... how can you call it hell and chaos "im an atomic bomb" wow you are attention whoring for the sake of attention whoring. All I can say is feints, fakes and actual full contact sparring. You can pretend you'll be able to grab the ACTUAL PRACTICED punch, but you cant touch the real punch when you can't practice your shit because its SOOO DEADLY. Let me put it this way, if i practiced a form of ramming my hand down your throat to the point of suffocation, it wouldn't fucking matter because I never practice it, just because you can poke an eye, squeeze a throat, doesn't mean your gonna get that chance against the TRAINED. By trained i'm talking Full Contact, not this half-ass bullshit. You guys keep talking about how "we agree", he picked his arms up into a fighting position and your like "derp im here" dude... anywho you have fun with your make-pretend fights. I'll enjoy actually dropping bitches-scratch that, dropping actual fighters.
Dude I'm not even a martial artist and I can see he would of knocked the guy off balance with his aggression. As for mixed Martial Arts its A fighting system. Jeet Kune Do was never meant to be a fighting system. More of a philosophy.
+GooseHinson thank you. His whole point was that you can't rely on pre-orchestrated, pre-choreographed techniques alone. Yes, practice striking, yes practice holds, throws, take downs, submissions but don't think that will suit every situation because it won't and it doesn't.
come on now, bruce lee learned from ip himself brother, can't say he didn't have a developed understanding of wing chun. perhaps not as an aggressive stance as you. and the fact that he could kick from a distance making a difference is like saying because jordan could dunk from so far he's not still just playing ball like everyone else. personally i think jeet kune do to me is the best base for a free form fighting style, fighting how it feels right to you and situational dictation and adaptation. many people i see these days seem to think you need to look like your auditioning for liu kang because thats how bruce himself felt comfortable fighting. its cool to experiment linking together fighting styles pros and cons and thus far, of the developed methods iv looked at jeet kune do seems to flo better all around transitioning styles and stances while enabling you to still use wing chuns awesome trapping still.
Bruce was a good salesman, if you read the witness reports on a private fight behind closed doors he had he always bad mouthed people. No doubt was he an amazing fighter but all he did was an extension of what sifu Ip man taught him which sifu leung bik showed him. A formlessness. So ease up on the BL love. He was a great student and a great artist, thats what made him good, not his system.
i highly doubt that have you seen any of his actual fights? not just the movies look up bruce lee long beach demonstration thats just a taste.. no doubt on my mind those witnesses were just talking shit.. if that were true you'd hear more of it. there is always some one out there trying to mock .. but there are more people out there trying to debunk
imblessedso You have two eyes, do try to use them. I never stated he taught JDK. We all know BL learned from IP Sifu and that Ip Sifu learned to open his WC from traditionalism thanks to Sifu Leung Bik. I'm saying BL did not achieve this formlessness concept in JKD by himself. You treat BL like hes the Dos Equis guy with the end all be all answers. Where do you have in WC a kick that high or an elbow so low yet Ip man and Leung Bik both did. So BL just sold it and put it in a bottle.
you say No bullshit to Bruces work...are you serious...Bruce was evolving just like MMA is...Bruce told Joe Lewis in 72...that he now felt WC now has nothing to offer & wanted to look more at muaythai, ..Bruce used bullshit in JKD...his step up footwork was something only novices use, no top pro striker in anything in the world uses step up footwork...step up side kicks ect...Bruce at first thought Fencing footwork was good to add....fencing footwork is designed for advancing forward fast 1 a single thrusting strike...boxers footwork advances just as fast but is better for combinations...so Bruce had step up kicks wrong, he had fencing footwork wrong...when Bruce punched the bag, his hand returned back to his hip after every punch,, hed have been koed in seconds off a decent boxer,,,another thing Bruce did wrong...Bruce never sparred hard with any1 he considered good...but hed constantly spar his own hopeless students...Bruce talked of going in the water to learn to swim...yet Bruce was the ultimate beach observer
+Ambitionz Dude, if anyone says they can't show you their techniques because theyre 'too deadly' theyre bullshitting. Theres no such thing as a too deadly technique.
No, it doesn't. His mindset and approach to wing chun is second to none, I've learnt A LOT from this channel and have used it successfully in application.
cadkls What you wrote made no sense, his advice has worked in application, also the guy from 52 blocks even bigged him up. If I can fuck people up..I WILL fuck people up 😐.
I took the comments of this video to heart. So much so that I had to really think about what I had to say. first I would like to say How dare you criticize Bruce Lee after the devotion he showed to the martial arts. Do you ever think about how if it wasn't for Bruce Lee you yourself may not even have the honor to study wing chun. Yeah every man has his own opinion. It was Bruce that went before the Chinese martial arts counsel to fight on behalf of foreigners to be able to be trained in the Chinese arts. Jeet Kune Do was a style that was developed by Bruce after studying other forms of material arts. That's what made Bruce a true master of the arts. Bruce took from every art what he thought worked and combined it into one style. " To understand techniques you must learn that they contain condensed movement. This may look quite awkward. When you start to learn it you will find that it is awkward to you. " I studied Wing Chun for 2 1/2 years. At the start this is exactly how it felt to me awkward. "That is because a good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil." After my 2 & 1/2 year's of training in Wing Chun I decided that Wing Chun was only useful against Wing Chun. I would soon after that start studying Japanese Tae Kwon Do. I pretty much felt like Bruce. I thought in order to learn true martial arts you must be opened minded to learn all styles an concepts of the arts. Aye I ain't mad at you and I'm not going to read the entire Tao Of Jeet Kune Do to you. I just feel like if you can't respect the work of a master such as Bruce then you cannot have respect to the art in which you claim to love. Where has the honor of Wing Chun fallen. Be blessed I the you are an awesome Kung-fu practitioner but I do feel you need to learn how to respect the art in which you stand for.
This guy does, indeed, like to "stir the pot for a reason" - and that reason is self-promotion. He's controversial to BE controversial. He says what he teaches is all about fighting, yet, conveniently, "none of it can ever be truly put to the test", so he engages in verbal jousting to, again, be controversial.
I spent many years learning and instilling the martial arts. The difference lies not just in the application but teaching. There is something very eye-opening about teaching a style. Suddenly you see it from a different perspective, and it is a perspective that would be great if everyone could have. I worked in 3 different styles and what I found was after a time I began to assimilate that which I found I could facilitate I kept. That which I found actually confining I let go. Eventually, like a musical instrument, or mathematics, you develop your own voice and your own method. That really is the goal of training. To make it your own, and then to ingrain that in every cell. This is what I learned when I began to share that which I knew and to help others find their voice. I told my students to look at this way, when you were a child you would look up to your dad or mom and you wanted to be just like them. You copied their mannerisms, their humor, even the way they walked. But when you grew you realized that while that may have worked for them, you had your own mannerisms, humor, and way of walking. Are you both laughing? Yes. Are you both helpful? Yes Can you both go from point A to point B? Yes. You may do it differently from each other but in the end the result is the same.
Not that it matters all that much, but why would disrespecting a dead man be worse than defending him? Not taking a side here...just making an observation.
At 04:45 - "you guys will never see my wing chun", etc. you're the baddest assed killing machine out there, blah blah blah, EASY to say if we're NEVER going to see it !! Okay then, you're a legend in you own daydreams. Got it.
I agree. Your Wing Tsun has to be brutal, devastating, and fast. You can play around all day rolling, but when it hits the fan, You want to be the first one and the last one out. And I also agree that I don't mind taking a shot, in order to close the gap and end the fight.
I've been watching your RU-vid videos for a while now, I am a big fan of Bruce Lee however, I can not disagree with your concept of JKD, I really appreciate your honest view point, I do not believe you're bragging, I believe you are confident, accurate and realistic about not only the art but life itself and I would like to thank you for voicing your point of view. I like that you teach we should be sculptures not artist. Utilize what works, and you do that well...
honestly this video isn't a fair assessment on JKD because how could I say wc sucks when I haven't fought every wc fighter out there and so how could someone say JKD sucks when they never fought every JKD fighter out there. how can I say Karate sucks when I never fought every Karateka fighter out there see the problems with this video is he doesn't know bruce lee said style is what makes us weak every human has two arms and two legs so we are basicly going to fight the same way if a man had for arms or four legs then it would make sense to say what style would be best sir you don't understand JKD it isn't a style and Bruce Lee was smart to break the cycle of style gospel no bruce lee didn't want to be seen as some one with the best style or as the best fighter he wanted to be an example of breaking out of tradition and making the good out of each style your own which sounds like that's exacly what you've done with your W/C so I believe he has made an impact on you in some way JKD is not a style and people need to stop saying it is. if nick is a JKD by doing his own thing then nick understood what JKD is its not following the same patterens of what you've learned but making it your own.
Words of wisdom, sir. I love JKD and influenced by it dramatically. One of the thing I like the most about it, is that it ISN'T a style. People can consider it as a school of philosophy or an approach of martial art, but it's not a fixed style. It's a dynamic way of thinking. It's bad to see all those people in China making up their BS versions of JKD, and it's sad to see all these style vs style argument. But it's a thing in human culture, and it won't end.
Chris Brooks I just watched the video and that's what I was going to say. But I was going to put in a single Master Bruce Lee quote: "Take whatever works for you." So yes, this guy says he disagree with the same thing he's doing.
Chris Brooks I am trying to follow the logic of your objection. Are you saying that no one should form an opinion of a given style's strengths and weaknesses unless they have fought every single practitioner of that style on planet earth? That makes no sense to me. It is like saying I shouldn't form the opinion that fire is hot unless I have stuck my hand in every single fire on earth.
Your fire comment doesn make sense because there is only one fire and its goal does only one thing burn my comment makes plenty sense because no matter who practice martial arts all people who practice one style will give you different results all people who practice wing chun will give you different winning and losing results if every wimg chun practioner faught every karate fighter on the planet and all results came out the same then we could tell if the style is good or no but unfortunately thats not possible and also there are fights where wing chun lpst and wing chun won die to the practioner
Thank you for posting this video. I agree. I studied shoto-kan, wado-ryu and kyokushin karate five days a week for four years until one day on the street and without any provocation from me, I got beat up by a professional criminal. I did not cry because he broke my nose and teeth, I cried because I spent years in the dojo happy hearing the snap of my gi at every punch, block and kick, worrying about my technique in katas thinking one day if needed to, I could protect my loved ones and myself. My father was a police officer at the time and took pity on me. He sent me to jail to learn from other muggers the science and art of violence. A quick note: people should be careful when using violence to end a fight. To me a confrontation is a no win scenario. I learned this from both sides, being the victim and being needlessly cruel and sadistic putting people in the hospital and traumatizing them for life. I cried, when one day on the street, the wife of one man I hurt years ago told me he died recently and never fully recovered from the injury I inflicted upon him. Did he provoke me? Yes. Did he deserve the punishment I gave him in front of his wife? No. If I get hurt, I lose; but if I dish out the punishment, I have legal problems. I don't like either outcome. So I back down and bow out of any confrontation. If I had no choice; then there will be a fatality, the only question is who. There will be no other outcome.
+The Rogue Warriors - Wing Chun / Aikido / Guns / Fitness I like wing chun but anybody that thinks wing chun is better than jeet kune do is about as smart as a donkey in jeet kune do you can use all of the same moves and any move from any other art.
+The Rogue Warriors - Wing Chun / Aikido / Guns / Fitness Saying wing chun is better than jeet kune do is as stupid ass saying boxing is better than thai boxing or taekwondo is better than hapkido or kendo is better than ninjutsu and if Bruce Lee was alive and still young i would love to see you tell him jeet kune do is crap or he is and fight him that would be real funny you might last 10-30 seconds if you are luckey.
+The Rogue Warriors - Wing Chun / Aikido / Guns / Fitness If you think jeet kune do is crap go to the UK and fight master Wong-Michael Wong he is verry good at tai chi,wing chun,jeet kune do or go fight Emil Martirossian he lives in the UK and is real good at wing chun,jeet kune do and more they teach in the UK also you can watch both of them on youtube or go fight Paul Vunak you can watch him on youtube and good luck lol.
Bruce Lee ONLY studied Wing Chun a few years. That’s it. Never learned the advanced form Biu Tze or wooden dummy. That’s a fact. Chuck Norris is who taught him to kick.
wayne gornall ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K7qKRNRdwA8.html Paul got his butt kicked by a Blue Belt BJJ so yeah his JKD didn’t do any good in the video I linked above.
the way you describe Wing Chun is exactly the way my teacher describes Kempo. what you say about wing chun becoming "watered down", I think is happening across the board in all arts. the principles of self defense and effective fighting remain constant across any art- hit hard, hit fast, hit first. overwhelm your opponent with aggressive violence of action, always go for the kill. Great stuff.
I like what Bas Rutten said, If you have the ability to kill or maim someone you should be able to not kill, coming from a Trad Jiu-jitsu background and competing in MMA, i went with Bruce Lee's concept in mind, if there is water in a glass it becomes the glass if it is in a bowl it becomes the bowl, be like water, this philosophy can be applied both on the street an in the ring. So to me the whole this isn't made for competition or vise versa is BS, use what you know and apply to conform to any circumstance. Just my opinion, people have different preferences , but i know in my heart the fact that i have competed full contact against other trained individuals and a few scraps on the street solidifies what works an what does not.
+NYPATRIOT but you can use win chun jujitsu, and other traditional martial arts in MMA it is just that you have to adapt the concepts and adapt them to MMA donot be shy to see an MMA coach along with your main instructor and he will help with the Octagon.
***** ok , i think your message came in a little better. What you just said is pretty much what i had said. yes, you could use win chun in the ring but only a very small amount of it, the only thing that i have seen work is the straight punching from win chun, a lot of the other stuff real wouldn't help you out, you have to remember, you'd be fighting another well trained martial artist, what would normally work on someone who is untrained wouldn't work on a well rounded fighter.
It Great to see somebody with real Wing Chun, I'm 35 and started at 16. Before it was largely popular and what I see on TV amuses me, God bless you brother
First of all, I appreciate your straightforwardness and willingness to question everything, I'm in VA, so if you're ever in the area I would love to get together and trade whatever could benefit/grow us both. Two quick questions for you: 1) Do you think that the idea of "striking first" could have it's fatal flaw in the necessity of being able to read your opponents telegraph fairly early, otherwise the only other option (off the top of my head) is going to get into more distance and timing, seeing rhythm so it can be disrupted, or being exceptionally faster, etc? 2) Not to come off like a jerk here, but one of the things that made it hard for me to align myself with any school after the political mess of my original one, is the "Well, I could never fight in MMA, because I might actually hurt someone..." smoke up the butt talk all the time. I'm having trouble seeing why your (or anybody's) Wing Chun couldn't just adapt the striking targets to legal ones and walk all over people if it was simply that effective. Those being said, I am VERY grateful for some of the things I was first introduced to by Wing Chun (regardless of origin, I am not an expert on that), including trapping, broken rhythm, vertical fist striking, etc. I know it is a wonderful art, I would just like to see it applied in "realistic" combat, or as close as you can get (MMA?), and not against someone who is quite frankly, always throwing the one punch and stay there wonder shots. Hope this comes across genuine, I know you have a thick skin, but I'm not trying to be offensive, just straight forward.
Your argument AGAINST Bruce Lee was the EXACT same argument Bruce Lee made FOR JKD when he was alive..... He NEVER advocated JKD as a "style" all JKD ever was intended to be WAS a CONCEPT. It was a "form" that was "formless" thus the whole "Be Water" thing. Take it and make it your own, build off from it and find the application that works for you. call me an idiot all you like.
+Johnny Keller 'When I started, a punch was just a punch, a kick was just a kick. Then I learned that a punch was more then just a punch, a kick was more than just a kick. Now I know that a punch is just a punch, and a kick is just a kick.' Bruce Lee.
The Chinese writing in the background is very poorly written by someone with no knowledge of proper Chinese writing. Please fix it as it makes your DOJO look very bad.
An opinion! It only matters if it matters to you. Take a listen to Wan Kam Leung's interview. He goes on about how Bruce's popularity helped make Wing Chun what it is today. Any "johnny come later" opinions hold little to no water for me. Just saying!
Yeah , I think the MMA , Army Combat Wing Chun , etc , Bruce Lee will be so happy to see these system if he is still alive today =) Bruce Lee is way to greedy , he wants to system everything into "foundation movement" , but the art of fighting is just endless...
Lee is more than just a martial artist, he fought for everything he earned. Being a minority actor trying to make it during those times was a major accomplishment. Bruce Lee: Known worldwide! Timeless icon! This dude: who is this dude????
I haven't read the other 1779 comments so I don't know if anyone has said this but : 1) You're Brilliant , God has gifted you with an eye for spotting the essentials ; makes me want to leave California in the middle of winter and move to Chicago to study with you , 2) your prognosis for Wing Chun and WHY is spot on , it's what happened to most of the Japanese arts--over-complication leading to distance from the "heart" of the art, 3) as an aside , I study/practice fma , the very thing that leads to their relative lack of popularity in the ma world is the very thing that makes them effective : like all killing arts , they don't moment into their own until you make them your own. All fma masters are like blues men, they change one line in a song, no matter how many times it's been played before by countless others , change one bit of inflection , and they can say in all honesty that they wrote it . Because they made it theirs . I hope you read this.
I respect this guy. He has 90% less bullshit than most Wing Chun guys. Completely agree the hit first instead of that "blocking 3 punches before hurting the opponent" bullshit...
Your philosophy sounds very similar to my teacher's, and he actually did train with Inosanto and Lee back in the day. My teacher told us that when he learned Wing Chun, he spent many hours perfecting a centerline punch and felt that time could have been spent better. He always teaches us to go for the block and simultaneous strike and then continue striking and breaking. He taught us to use yin for training so that we can continue training and we don't break eachother. I see your point that in a real adrenaline fight, it will be all yang and fast and who knows, anything, it's a fight. In my mind, I would hope to channel yin during a real fight to notice things like position and opportunity, but I would most likely be more reactionary than anything. I like that your analytical and logical and I don't think anything you said was offensive. I was taught to use anything that works for you and we are all different. Be open to everything, reject what is not useful to you. This is what Inosanto still teaches. I think philosophical discussion of martial arts is a necessity to truly understanding what it means to us as an individual, so thanks for sharing.
First I would like to say that I agree with you on several points that you make about Wing Chun. Other than that I would like to reiterate a few points I've made to you in the past and add a couple more. JKD is an approach to martial arts. Call it a philosophy, science, or intellectual approach, it has no techniques. The "style" is Jun Fan Gung Fu, please don't uses them synonymously. Just because someone tells you how good Bruce's first movement was, don't discredit or assume he had no follow up movements. Hubud, from the Filipino martial arts, is a HUGE drill with tons of movements of varying rhythms, angles, and weapon use. Bruce did not lose his fight to Wong Jack Man. He also didn't hurt his back in that fight. He injured his back weightlifting. You mentioned some other's here in Chicago that are research maniacs and that you are not. The thing that sets them apart is that they seek the truth before stating it publicly. Your knowledge is in Wing Chun, Wrestling, and Law Enforcement and I don't question you in those areas. What I do question is your inaccurate, ill-informed, or partially educated statements about things that are not in your area of expertise.
It's clear that this guy doesn't have a clue about what JKD is. This vid shows nowadays the internet warriors and badmouthing. People should work on their own skills and let that speak for them instead of badmouthing others and trying to climb the ladder that way. WC is a good system and also that could work like many others sytems. But respect JKD and what he did for the world and let the man be for what it is. In his defense, a lot of JKD schools out there call it JKD but are in fact Jun Fan Gung Fu schools so i get his misunderstanding. And to ad, Bruce Lee didn't develop more movements then one? This guy speaks a lot from personal opinion instead of study the facts about Lee and his art.
As an instructor of JKD/Filipino Martial Arts under Paul Vunak Sifu Izzo has explained his point well. He sounds in many respects to Paul explaining R.A.T. and his concept of directness along with what he calls "violence and chaos" or what Paul calls "Pain on the first beat". I would be honored to one day train with Sifu Izzo just to educate myself in his methodology of Wing Chun. I have nothing but respect for Sifu Izzo.
Its so funny watching the otherguys facial expressions while you destroy him or tell that you want to destroy him hahahahahahahaha I laughed my ass out :P
an idea regarding your attacks containing no yin: your ATTACK by nature is fully yang, but your RESPONSE, I would say, has an element of yin to it, in that it involves shifting your weight to minimise the incoming attack, there's an element of evasion to it, empty space. Emptiness is yin. Just a a humble thought.
***** Not in my case, I have gotten in to MMA gyms and kicked their asses.... however BJJ is awesome but not the best, you can go and see my channel me applying kung fu even in juijitsu fights t stronger and bigger opponents, anyway I also love UFC, but my kung Fu prevailed .. the problem is too many crappy teachers and people who claim to know regards mate
I am the one out of shape with a few pounds over,, the other ones are in great shame and i still wins what about Alexis villa? or Joel Romero? at American top team? please search their names they are world champions and Olympic champions and bellator and UFC and I have won, don't speak what you don't know please... what level of martial art have you trained? I show u videos and everything but still you don't want to believe it because your mind is close with the other crappy kung fu practitioners, and for the record? why I don't fight professionally is because I have a good professional job with a good carrier and I can't be doing both stuff just to prove a point since I already proved to me, plus chung lee with Sanshou is kicking everybody ass
Covencraft Most likely and he says we'll never see his wing chun yet he slaps the constipated guy's neck with a move he learned from the original karate kid! This guy is no martial artist he's just a cocky cop who has no respect for anyone
Hello Sir, nice video. I just curious what you were agreeing on what FMA Hubad should be which Nick also agree with you? Is there a reference video you can direct me to see? Or if you be so kind to explain it on one of your future videos. Thank you.
Aren't you pretty much saying the same thing in your videos regarding "your sensei says this, your sensei says that. Why don't you just teach your art on youtube instead of talking about other styles and trying to get a debate out of it. Let people judge you and your style by what you do and not what you talk about other styles in comparison to what you think.
I don't practice wing chun, I do practice kyokushin karate for the last 25 years. I think you are absolutly amazing! everything you said is applicable With kyokushin. Not the technical side but for everything else, it is the same. It is the first Time I hear someone With the same kind of thinking as I have. Thx ! greeting from Quebec, Canada!
Izzo Warrior Academy - Fighting and Fitness Well Jun fan gung fu is the curriculum to work off and make yours, the JKD half is arguably his or concept or whatever. But the art is Jun fan gung fu Jeet kune do so if you meant that when you say "JKD" then no i don't believe it is just Bruce lee's.
Josh Iszatt In addition to that as a Jeet kune do practitioner, novice as i may be, the influence JKD has on me is to go out and practice many different martial arts and to "discard what is useless, absorb what is useful". So if your thinking of making a martial art or combative style that is yours and works for you then cross training and expanding your knowledge whilst training seems like the best way. Psychologically however maybe its not the best way to train for you, say for example you like to focus on one thing and be motivated to be amazing at that art then that would be better for you than trying 100 arts and never digging deep enough into one to stay training consistently. These are just thoughts though, great video. -Josh
Josh Iszatt Also sorry not to rant Izzo Warrior Academy - Fighting and Fitness and Funky1156 but Bruce lee's art is not wing chun, it may have been the initial core of the system but i believe he understood that trapping works brilliantly at a certain range where I believe the centre line cannot be warped too easily without excessive movement and so took some of it for his art. But it has many styles influencing it not just wing chun. Again debatable but isnt that what you wanted? -Josh
He makes valid points. People today are so concerned with how they look doing something that they forget that they're fighting for their life (if it comes down to that). JKD is not what it was when Bruce Lee was alive. I'm not old enough to know what Bruce Lee's thoughts or interpretations on things were back then, but the concept of JKD was his own method. People try to be duplicates of something that they should not. Instead of being like Bruce Lee be like yourself, and take those concepts of JKD and Wing chun and evolve them into your own style. This guy also made a great point on keeping it simple. Instead of wasting energy on multiple moves to fight/strike your opponent, save your energy and use it in one move to end your opponent. I was alsways taught not to go against the natural balance of ones body mechanics. Just my input on what I thought about all this
I'm so happy that I stumbled upon this clip. I've been learning WC and the amount of garbage out there has been a bit disheartening lol. The WC that I've experienced is exactly as you described. At times, when training, I would have to sit a moment and "take it all in"... the weight and gravity was setting in about how devestating and deadly it truly is. The simultaneous simplicity and unconstrained potency makes one not only respect WC, but hesitate in unleashing it on just anyone. I have to find you and train with you. :-)
I think the reason there's so much "garbage" about WC because of the arrogance of WC practitioners. My X technique will work against the wrestlers y technique every time, I don't need to learn how to grapple. My X technique will defeat boxing every time, WC is superior to boxing, etc. Then anytime a WC practioner loses, it's because they "weren't using REAL WC ;)"
James P The other main reason is due to the fact, and I have stated this several times in other links, that 99% of all WC so called sifus and experts in today's time including this character Izzo's, Wing Chun is nothing more than the watered down version left over from the 3rd generation of Ip Man's students and their students that were trained the passive, wushu style like art form system and not the combat fighting system. This was directly due to the 50s environment in China and everyone that was training in martial arts when the China's government banned and forced the closing of all martial arts schools that were teaching anything that had to do with fighting or training for combat. These individuals that you see here on youtube and their sifus are the product of those group of teachers that thought the passive watered down version. The other thing with these videos and the people that make them is that they use the key words and bring up all the talking points to attract people about how their Wing Chun is for "combat" or its "deadly" however, and sadly, when you see the product it's anything but. That is what's disheartening the most which has a larger negative effect in the Wing Chun community and it devalues the Wing Chun system. I wish people, including this person Izzo, would just spend their times training, learning and enhancing their skills more with actual resistance pressure, fighting and full contact sparring with different systems than making youtube videos and acting as teachers and masters and then teach their very same ineffective system to others. There are now only very few handful of instructors and truly masters that are left that have the back ground along with the years of experience and training that can teach you the combative side of Wing Chun. You will hardly find them on youtube.
Gabar-GCS ..very well thought out, intelligent, and interesting reply. You make some very interesting points that are worthy of attention and investigation. Thank you taking the time to contribute.
Even Bruce Lee himself said "do not focus on the finger pointing to the stars, or you will miss all that heavenly glory". I've always been huge Bruce Lee fan and even named my son after Brandon Lee who i also thought was really spectacular and very talented like his father. Bruce Lee gave up on all the other forms because it was needless moves, too many steps too much traditional mumbo jumbo. In the movies, in a ring you want to show off, in a dark alley against an attacker you want to live you need to be affective and quick. Before you criticize maybe listen and hear the guy out. Thanks for sharing your art and views and stay safe out there!!
Hi Dominick, thanks for this video! It's the first time I hear a description of Wing Chun like this. In fact, what you described sounded more like what I've learned about Ninjutsu or more precisely Budo Taijutsu: Quick & effective to neutralize the opponent by "unleashing hell". How would you compare the effectiveness of the two martial arts?
I just cant listen to this. I have studied martial arts for 20 years and i cant listen to this. i have said this before as well JKD is a philosophy not a martial art think trained individual's would know that
Astro Nam and I will say this again as well get your facts straight because JKD is not just a philosophy it is a martial art Bruce Lee himself told you that Dan inosanto told you that
You are right sir JDK is a concept, like Bruce Lee said you take what you need, discard what you don’t need and make it essentially your own. That’s why I like your Win Chun videos since you in a way think like Bruce. Both of you use what’s needed to finish a fight fast and effectively. And by the way he did not lose that duel it took him about 10 minutes to win the fight but Bruce was extremely disappointed. He tough he could beat any opponent in less than a minute and he said if he would of use a mix some other martial arts he could of won with ease, but Win Chun was too traditional, there for he started to develop the JDK concept.
He's right about wing chun. He's wrong about Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee wrote a letter to Hawkings cheung saying Jeet Kune Do is not a fighting system. It was his way of expressing himself. Unfortunately people take it like he threw wing chun under the bus. Bruce wanted fighters to mix it up. Use what was more natural to the individual. To also attain a next level while expressing ones self. What would that be for you? For one of Bruce's favorite fighters it was the single system of boxing, and Mohammed Ali was unparalleled in the ring.
You're correct about the letter to Hawkin's and also an important note to add to this is that what Bruce thought in his version of fighting combat was nothing outside of what Wing Chun taught him to begin with. What Bruce did was simply follow what Wing Chun teaches it's practitioner; to let go of the static form and to be free in combat without any constraints.
I read these comments and I swear a lot of these key board jockies don't actually LISTEN to what your saying, rather they hear a few words then jump straight to the comment section to vent. I have actually found your content enlightening. Also, I don't believe you actually disrespected Bruce Lee like many say, rather you disagreed with some of his practices, which is okay, and is something Bruce himself would've encouraged; Make it your own, whatever works for you. I subscribed, keep up the content.
Ha! So you are ready then? How long you been training? How long you been streetfighting? I guess you can't answer the question because it shows you up so you resort to ad hominem... but that shows you up too. No way to escape reality. Fact is anyone who studies properly or simply has logic or "common sense" knows attacks are often ambushes and most people fail to see a blade when fists fly.. so assuming you can "take a hit" is stupid.
All I can say is, yes...I have no answer until the circumstance is presented...what kind of attack is it? How far away is the attacker? Can I run? Am I armed? Is he taller /shorter? Are we already engaged? Circumstances dictate tactics. And unless you understand the vast number of variables in combat, you do not have the qualifications to question me. All the best to you on your training journey.
As I understand, Bruce Lee only got taught part of the Wing Chun system - which will explain why he thought that the system had holes in it. iiiii] : )
Looks like your ultimate Martial Art goal is to discredit Bruce Lee and his martial art Jeet Kune Do which you do not understand as far as I can see. Why is it like that? What is the true reason for this? It is not martial art itself I suspect because you dont even know what JKD is all about, it is something else. If you don't like the man just leave him and his martial understanding alone, it is really disprespectfull to talk shit about a man who has passed.
+Dovydas Egorovas I don't think he is being disrespectful. If Bruce Lee did really say those things about Wing Chun - and I don't or never had studied Wing Chun - then he has every right to speak his mind about the things that Bruce said and challenge them. Hell, I get a lot of grief from BJJ guys for studying a "dead art", so, I sometimes get a "little" annoyed with them. Bruce Lee did a lot for martial arts, hell, it's one of the reasons I study them today, but, I realised early on that because of my body shape, and genetics I was never going to be able to replicate what Bruce Lee did and the reason I stayed away from JKD. Bruce Lee was a "freak" in a good way like Michael Phelps (who produces far less lactic acid than your normal human) that he found a martial art from the knowledge he accumulated that worked for him.
+Vaughan MacEgan I get what you are saying, but the thing is, I studied JKD and still am studying under sifu Carruthers and I can say that this guy doesn't understand JKD nor Bruce. I have spoken with Bruce's students and read everything they had to say about his study in martial arts and it is much deeper then anything you can find on youtube. I just recognize this guy's hate which is coming from somewhere towards Bruce and I don't understand it, he doesn't have a clue on what JKD is, nor about the stance, or structure, how you open or close the stance how you use the pressure or how you disengage instead of trapping and so on and on. Therefor I find it offencive. I like Wing Chun it is a fine art, but not everyone can use it. Bruce changed the structure but kept many WC principles. There is no point to be mad at him for this reason and talk trash, especially when you have no clue on his personal art
+Dovydas Egorovas yea talk shit about someone who can't defend himself for one and who turned himself into a legend while this dickhole is a temporary youtube nobody.
I'm in to marital arts my self, namely shaolin kung fu. As far as I can see, this man is a true student off martial arts, skeptical, analytical, & a true pragmatist. I agree with quite a bit off what he says. We need more people like him, who is down to earth & brave enough to challenge popular notions!
I love a debate and all, but honestly, you have solid reasoning behind your personal ideology and practice of the art that I can't blame you for having - It's funny that after looking at your website, I do agree with you on a lot of things, and I can't really argue the fact you seem too full of yourself since that's merely a vibe I get from most likely simply misinterpreting your confidence. However, you have inspired me to look into Nik Farooqi, because he sounds like one of the few who do indeed get the concept and philosophy of Jeet Kune Do and not the 'brand' it has become which is no different than any other crystallized art. I notice time and time again that most JKD practitioners look like they're simply mimicking Bruce, who had tailored the style specifically for himself and the reason behind why he quit teaching it, though Dan Inosanto uses it to at least give you a place to root yourself, since we all needed to start somewhere, like Bruce had started with Wing Chun.. But given that I started with TKD, moved onto Hayastan Grappling, to a little bit of self taught this and that, obviously, though I follow Jeet Kune Do philosophy, my own personal fighting style looks nothing like it as you witnessed with your friend master Farooqi. So I hope in the future, you do recognize this when you are comparing JKD to Wing Chun, that you separate the philosophy from the brand name fighting style, as just about everyone who were to follow the philosophy should theoretically end up with something uniquely their own after they've obtained all the knowledge they can get their hands on and have hacked away what they either find impractical or too difficult to apply realistically, until they get what is their own personal style. Much the same, JKD is compared to Mixed Martial Arts in that they take and combine styles, yet the same has happened with Mixed Martial Arts as it did with JKD, obviously not everyone in the Octagon has the same background or uses the exact same styles (Though some are more often seen than others.), and yet there are tons of "MMA" instructors out in the world now who have turned it into a simplistic brand name for usually certain styles of submission grappling and wrestling,(BJJ almost always thrown in there.) Muay Thai and boxing, and selling the same 'style' to everyone who they mentor. Alternatively, when you speak about Jeet Kune Do, , you could simply clarify that you are referring to Bruce's personal self tailored variant and argue his way of doing this, or doing that. That would give a much more specific context of what you mean by JKD, because if my following of the philosophy makes me a Jeet Kune Do styled martial artist, I can tell you I certainly look nothing like Bruce did nor ever had enough training in Wing Chun that I could begin to argue with someone so much more advanced and knowledgeable (Yourself) in the art opposed to my simply having read a book on it with no instructors guidance to correct any flawed practice of the small scrap of information research and study has given me.
I just watched this entire video and can only respond one way...WTF?!!! I can't believe he was allowed to post something stating his opinion... an opinion many seem to disagree with!!! Why is this allowed to happen... Wake up People!!! If people are allowed to give an opinion that doesn't agree with the everyone else there will be people thinking for themselves and not following popular ideas... This must not be allowed... At least most seem to be able to see through this guys façade... being devastating in a fight and not wasting time going through useless motion... he has obviously never had to defend himself. And what's this bullshit about using your opponents energy and ending the fight as soon as possible? Not over-complicate things? This guy is whacked out on something. His whole thought process that a Martial Art should be progressive and adaptive and ever-changing is the dumbest thing I ever heard.... Everyone knows that only Bruce Lee is capable of that and that everyone else sucks... He goes on to say his style is so damn good... That statement alone makes him unknowledgeable of what Martial Arts is about... You never hear anyone else making that claim... Something no true student of the Fighting Arts would ever say, right?... its that damned opinion thing again... see what happens when you let people think for themselves? Anyone who ever studied any Martial Art already knows theirs is best because they studied the real thing, their instructor told them so... Now if i can just think of a name to call him that hasn't already been used so i can prove what a True student of martial Arts I am... or maybe I will just sit here and tell everyone I can kick their ass... then they will know I stand for all the Teachings of Respect, Honor and Truth ... yeah, that'll show em
How can you say you were never influenced by Bruce Lee? He not only popularised teaching East Asian Martial Arts to Guai Lo, but fought hard for it to the end of his life.
+David Granda I know, these idiots act like they were there. You have Wong jack man's side and BRuce's side and the truth. To say he lost is just out of spite because no one knows shit.
Hey man! I love your concepts! I'm always seeing supposed black belts that still move like white belts. When you earn a black belt you're supposed to be advanced right? How come it's rare to see someone's technique advance? What someone learns at beginner level is there to teach a foundation; it's not meant to be the final product. I listen and watch you and I see that you've advanced, and you have removed things that don't work for you personally, and modify techniques to your own body, etc. Everyone should do this. I didn't personally train in Wing Chun, but it's amazing and I wish I could do it some day. And when I do, I want someone as honest as you! Keep up the good work!
Instructor Dominick is correct in "stirring" things up within martial arts circles, expressing controversial opinions, researching, questioning, debating ! Instructor Dominick has brought a breath of fresh air to martial arts circles by "stirring up" the debate, and I like that approach !
Dominic Izzo, I learned Wing Chun from my father when I was 13, and that's how my father taught me, to close in fierce and try to end it fast no matter if I had to take a hit in the process of closing the gap.
Sir, your description of your Wing Chun strongly reminded me of a description of JKD that i got from Linda Lees book about her husbands life. It was something like: "always punch first, always step in, always step forward, always fight to beat the other guy for real. If youre mind is strongly enough set on biting the other mans nose off, you will, no matter what." Maybe i got you wrong, but it sounds quite much to me like what you said, that youre WC is. So maybe you are doing more of Bruce Lees JKD than you ever thought? Let me add that i am not a practitioner of either WC or JKD, nor am i any kind of "expert", i am a beginner in Shotokan Karate but i always was very interested in all Martial Arts, so i picked up some theoretical knowledge. I rly don't want to smartass around, the thoughts i wrote above just got to my mind while i was watching this video and some others of yours with a lot of interest.
+Capt. C.Lock its actually derived from wing chun. in my lineage we say "a fight should be finished in 3 moves". What he is talking about is where your looking at many videos online with people overcomplicating things in order for it to look good. Now that may sometimes be ok in a demo btw :). As for the JKD, he is absolutely right. So many people try to immitate Bruce lee and think that is what JKD is about, when in fact its about taking what works for you and make it your own. JKD is a philosefy or concept, its not a fixed set of movements with a fixed curiculem.
The point of a fight is to fight. I'm a WC student and my Sifu takes things from BJJ, JKD, Boxing, ect. ect. and applies it to his teaching method. He is also more than thrilled when we figure out something else that works. No martial art is garbage- that is to say every martial art is garbage. Martial Artists are garbage. If you think your 10 years in (insert martial art) are going to beat me, you're wrong. No martial art makes you better than another martial artist, but learning how to use your body better than others in a combative situation is hat puts you on top.
Bruce lee was bringing the concept of mma which was unheard of in the 70s even in the birth of the ufc. Lets not forget he died before he continued to define his art completely.
Instructor Dominick mentions how certain Wing Chun lineages are questionable. This is so true, and should be questioned and debated more within Wing Chun circles.
I agree with most of what you'd said. I've had a short stint in WC and sparred with other styles, our flooding hands and diverting of the opponent's hands are an advantage. I had some advice from JKD guys too, their style is a short cut of WC + footwork, and they attacked opponents at their infancy and that is what I liked. I didn't like waiting for my opponent's moves to reach adulthood before I did something. I like your aggressive style/concepts. I miss training. PS. New subscriber. :)
Just one thing i really hope you could answer for me is that do you teach out the defensive ways of wing chun or do you solely focus on being aggressive. I'm asking because i just think that like it could be very nice to learn that part as well
Definition of Wing Chun vs JKD: Wing Chun versus whatever and however many fighting techniques someone has learned across the course of them learning and stripping away whatever is useless for them. For example, Wing Chun vs The best of Boxing, Wing Chun, Aikido, Karate, Krav Maga, Judo, Jujitsu, Taekwondo, Capoeira, Sambo, Kudo, and whatever else you may have studied. Wing Chun is a set form of predetermined strikes/ blocks. JKD can be Wing chun + 50 moves you found most effective for you from 50 other martial arts you may have learned, including "killer" fighting styles. Capiche?
Agreed..in a very strong sense..yes. But JKD is different for each practitioner..my JKD is different than anyone else's..not better..just different..that's why I love it:) Cheers!
Aye, I can see that..it took me a while to realize what aspects of it I had learned from my friend..he threw so much at me at once..it was kind of ..confusing at first. Kicking was never a strong suit of mine..he focused on upper body in my case..so the hand/ weapon skills he thrust upon me were escrima/kali , wing chun..and possibly kenpo based. Even though eh also had Aikido training he never really got into that aspect..other than some redirection..stepping past and shoulder pushing..using the environment to inflict damage..walls, tables , door jams. I can see how the different aspects of wing chun build differently with each person..a women may focus more on groin and eyes..and water softness to melt away and absorb..a man may use more elbow strikes and solar/plexus/ rib attacks. It is so coll to see how some of these things I learned that had no name at the time..are starting to pop out as I explore different partial styles through youtube.
Ok so about the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th movements, if I were to be able to "perfect" those to the point of bruce lees 1st movement, would that mean that it's a better system?? Because the argument is that bruce wasn't a fully trained wing chun person so he can't teach that stuff but if someone were to do that and then become a his student does that make him better or???? Just curious I am in no need of arguments thanks
I appreciate your honesty and passion for telling the honest, unvarnished truth, especially when you know how ignorant some viewers can be. I have subscribed and look forward to more.
I'm glad you said what you said about feet movement @ 9:06 ... my instructor drills me all the time about that and i'm flat footed as well as slue footed....totally cursed on the feet lol but I have managed with everything, from sports to the Army...so I can adjust to this style in my own way. The hands are easy for me to learn but he's always on my case about the distance of my back foot vs my front foot. It's like he doesn't see the condition of my feet. I have to adjust, my feet are not average feet! But I do feel balanced whether he think's I have it or not..and I know how to move in on my opponent with ease. Thank you for this post.
Bruce lee himself said jeet kune do is not a style or system and the individual is most important he wanted ppl to make jeet kune do their own hence his motto use what is useful and reject what is useless and essentially make it your own
This explains why people that were doing Wing Chun vs whatever kinda fighting style were always getting their butt kicked. They were always waiting for someone to make the first move. Not a student of any martial arts, but love to watch fights with different styles
If I may, let me inject a few thoughts from the perspective of a musician. There are people who are completely uneducated in music theory who nonetheless can impress crowds, make music, and succeed, but the majority of people who want to learn to play should learn the classical music theory in order to understand how to communicate and analyze the tasks at hand. Sooner or later the best will create their own music, and come up with new forms of music from their understanding, thus we have jazz, and rock, etc. When one decides that one has enough classical foundation to begin to create his own music is up to the individual. One can study classical music for a lifetime, but that won't necessarily help them at a funk concert. Mr. Lee was indeed a natural anomaly, as was Charlie Parker, or Jimi Hendrix, but he did exactly what you have done, he took a basic education of Wing Chun, and used the foundation to create his own style of "martial jazz". I believe that is likely what he meant when he referred to "the classical mess". One can abandon the "classical mess" when one studies it enough to know what parts of the "mess" can be abandoned. Lee, in essence, has done what you have done yourself, take a martial art, and interpret it your way. Of course, whenever someone excels at something, a crowd of people will gather, who will want to excel in that fashion. Even Jesus' disciples put out their own "I knew Him" books, and tried to persuade others to follow their personal interpretations of Jesus. I am sure that, had Mr. Lee decided to go for real "kill shots" in the confrontation you mentioned, he likely would have succeeded, and then spent the rest of his life in jail. Not every occasion to use martial arts is an occasion to kill. Being a Black man in the US, I might have to defend myself against a "bad cop" one day, that doesn't mean that I should try to kill him or her, in fact, that would ultimately be a no-win strategy for both of us. In short, I hear you say things such as "No such thing as fook sau", or "there is no footwork". By this, you do exactly what Mr. Lee did, you internalized certain aspects into your subconscious so as not to waste thought, and went on to create your own version of the execution of the art form, which is exactly the proper thing to do, but I don't see how you disparage Mr. Lee for doing the same thing.
Mr. Izzo, two things. First: Love the videos. Quite insightful and as a lover of martial arts and individual thinking, you're right on the money in my opinion. Second: Out of curiosity, what is your take on defending yourself against a group attack? I mean ideally you would get the heck out of dodge but if you can't, then what? Thanks in advance.
You mentioned in this video that Wing Chun being watered down by instructors these days. Do you have any recommendations to a future student picking the right instructor/school in my area? Things to keep in mind?
"Put masters in a room, and they'll agree on everything. Put their disciples in a room, and they'll argue about everything." - Bruce. I love Bruce as an inspiration and if you respect him at all, listen to this man's opinions and thoughts. It's all about growth.
I've always said, it's not the art but the artist that makes the difference. Bruce knew this and came up with the JKD philosophy. All systems are good in the right hands and bad in the wrong.
It's up to the teacher to choose the right student and not just any fool who walks through the door. It starts there, not with someone with ill intent already learning the art.
Nail on the head ,Im with Dai Sifu Emin Bozstepe,ive been with Master Nick Smart,and The Leung Ting German system,23 years now,ive been teaching probably near 15 years,Your concept of Wing Chun is in my opinion ,right on,Dai Sifu Emin would also agree with your viewpoint, brilliant ,thanks :) Shame about some of the systems who bring our great art down,it is simply a maiming ,killing machine,if people cant see that ,they need to do Tai Chi, :)
Brilliant!! What you are teaching, sir, is what I began learning over 30 years in Wing Chun. Exactly right with regard to a fight: total aggression and end the fight. Avoid the fight if possible, but if you must, become that "nuclear strike". I learned that JKD was a concept, not a style and have always been surprised to see it portrayed as a style. The martial arts should be just that, an Art. Each person must adapt it and make it their own. Constantly teaching Sensei or Sifu's way neglects that. Learn the basics and KEEP IT SIMPLE. Great work, keep it up!
I 99.9% agree with you on your perspective on Wing Chun and I have done it for 8 years. I showed this video to my Sifu and he also agreed with your perspective and he's be around for a very long time. He is 82 years old and is in pretty great shape for an old man and he told me in all his life he never really liked and approved people who were not Asian to learn any Asian Martial Arts. He says you have changed his thoughts about other non-Asian people and he is glad that there are people who truly understand Wing Chun. I also agree with him. I also practice Jeet Kune Do with my Sifu's son. My interpretation and perspective of JKD is that its a not traditional technique or style. Its only an emotional expression of one's body and to finish a conflict quickly without prolonging the fight . It is meant to free Martial Artists from following traditional patterns. Overall I agree with your Wing Chun perspective.
YOOOOOOOOO you just increased my thinking in my warfare tactics 77 fold! I'm skilled in wing chun & silat (lil bit of tai chi ideals) you really helped me alot in some stuff thanks fam!
You make a lot of sense to me! I studied Jeet Kune Do and learned much about in or close fighting but when I saw Wing Chun I use to wonder why Bruce got away from it. I too agree that Wing Chun is destroy rather than a series of blocks and punches. I'm 68 and want to find a Wing Chun practitioner here in Denver that is real. I suffered a cardiac arrest and have a defibrillator on my heart so have to be careful.
this was a great watch. I'm 28years old, and currently looking for a good wing chun or JKD school in NYC. I always wanted to learn martial arts and this time i will do it. Do you think at my age is too late, or it does not matter age? thank you in advance
So what you're saying is a lot of WC today is like trying to cut down a tree by just chopping off its branches; while real WC is about taking the axe to the trunk and yelling timber. Right?
Really enjoy Dominick's videos. I love Wing Chun. I am however a practitioner of JKD and the philosophy behind it. Nevertheless, this guy is REAL and really delivers his Wing Chun and brings back some respect that it has lost. So the best of luck to him.
i enjoy very much your talk, i am wind chun fanatic and jeet kune do was a concept no a style that right , i used a mix martial art system for over 42 years i am 62 year old now and i see and i hear all, Bruce Lee was a nice martial artist i admire him a lot was a incredible guy who put a lots of people in our art , but i see your way to take your martial arts, and i appreciate to be realistic thank for your time zezzy
Enjoyed your video. Karate guy myself, who has done only two JKD workshops (With Emil Martirossian and another with Tim Tackett), but I LOVE your honesty. more Honesty, less BS. Excellent video.
Izzo huge fan of your channel (From Australia). I love the combatative style Wing Chun you are promoting, Wish there was a any sifu here in Australia teaching that. And don't get worked up about all those ''keyboard-warriors" here pretending to know everything.
I agree with most of what say. I studied Han Fu Way which is based on JKD and I'm a Vietnam Era vet. Being 6'5" and 300 lbs the brown & black belts were always wanting to spar with me due to my size. I started on in martial arts back in 1968 at Henderson State University but it was called Henderson State Teachers' College back then. I started of in Gung Fu as it was called by my teacher ( a former combat Vietnam Vet that volunteered to teach the men in the Counter Insurgency Unit, the Green Berets had just established in our 2100 man ROTC cadet corps) I was one of those men. Back then I was 230 lbs. lean and mean. I have always seen the simplest strike to finish a fight fastest in my mind before the action started. Over the years though I learned to dial it back so that when a bicker threw three fists at me I just swatted them away because it was at work. He looked at me funny for a few seconds and then the light bulb went on and threw his arm over my shoulder and declared we were friends to everyone. I never had a problem with him again so like Sifu said the best fight is sometimes no fight. But it is like you say you have to read the situation and sometimes the situation dictates you give no quarter. I was also the Platoon Leader on Okinawa on the 1ST U,S. Army Drug Suppression Unit when it was established. I am proud of the fact I lost none of my men during my tour of duty.
From my understanding the from the last line from Bruce Lee's book, Jeet Kune Do was never really suppose to be a style. The argument was that limiting yourself to a style was the problem with fighting in general and that you need to find what works for you.
Bruce Lee believed that relying on a style was only a way to hold yourself back. I am a strong believer of that way of thinking. You can train all your life in a certain style, but when you end up in a fight you are not ready to encounter anything but what you've trained yourself to anticipate.
