Bruce Lees Jeet Kune Do

Bruce Lee developed his form of the martial arts to be as effective as possible. Its goal was simplicity. As Bruce himself once said, The art of Jeet une !o is simply to simplify." #is purpose in creating it was to eliminate all the unnecessary points, and focus on the important facts, which prove useful in real combat. Jeet une !o is the outcome of his ideas, thought, and fighting e$periences. Bruce was trained in the classical %ing &hun style. This is how he gained 'nowledge enough to concoct his own method. %hen he first began teaching he taught mainly %ing &hun, or a loosely based form of %ing &hun. Later on, he changed it to Jun (an Jeet une !o. In )nglish it*s Bruce Lee*s the way of the intercepting fist. As is said, Jeet une !o utili+es all ways and is bound by none and, li'ewise, uses any techni,ues or means which serve its end -Lee ./0. It only has appro$imately 1 punches and 2 'ic's. The reason for this is because it ta'es much longer than a lifetime to perfect something, many thin' it can*t be done, so only few 'ic's and punches are used. %hile a person still may not be capable of getting it 3ust right in their time on earth, they can do a lot better than if they had many a things to wor' on. This is more relevant when dealing with actual fighting. If you focus on directness then the goal is easier to achieve. Bruce Lee created Jeet une !o to be as effective as possible. #e designed it with real combat in mind. #e didn*t believe in practicing routines or stunts that lead nowhere -Lee .10. The hand techni,ues that are used are as follows4 the leading finger 3ab, straight leading punch and 3ab, leading hoo' rear cross, bac'fist, ,uarter swing, uppercut, reverse spin blow, and hammer blow. There aren*t very many at all but you can go into great detail in all, and constantly try to improve upon them. The leg techni,ues include5 the side'ic', leading straight 'ic', reverse straight 'ic', and hoo' 'ic', spin bac' 'ic', and 'nee thrust. In comparison to many other forms of 'ung fu and with most martial arts, there*s not a whole lot. But, once again there*s a great deal of time, which can be put into wor'ing on each and every one of these. 6ot only does Jun (an Jeet une !o focus on attac's and individual movements of the hands and 'ic's5 it places a great deal of importance on footwor'. Bruce was once ,uoted as saying, The essence of fighting is the art of moving." 7f course movement is centered on footwor'. This is why close attention must be paid to footwor' and mobility. The components of footwor' consist of about 1 points. The foundation is sensitivity of aura, the second is aliveness and naturalness, the third is instinctive pacing 8distance and timing9, the fourth is correct placement of the body, and the fifth is a balanced position at the end -Lee .220. To correctly si+e things up, footwor' is truly everything in Jeet une !o. It provides the martial artist with a means of finding a target and a means to avoid being a target -BI: J ! article0. 7bviously footwor' paired with the perfected forms of hand and leg tactics add to your chance in success. Bruce reali+ed this was more or less the basis of his style.

In conclusion, the simplicity and directness that J ! relies on is an effective and intelligent method. Bruce Lee, being the best martial artist in recent history, founded it, and so it*s no surprise that it*s a great a form as it is. It*s also ,uite possible that Bruce could*ve improved upon Jeet une !o in his later years, if not for his tragic untimely death. Lee was smart enough to reali+e there was always room for improvement and his own style, as refined and effective as it proved to be, was far from perfect. Though in many ways Bruce Lee*s Jeet une !o was a monumental step toward e$cellence in martial arts, and maybe as close to perfection as any other ever will be.

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