Forms

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

Just out of curiosity...
which forms if any were you taught or do you teach?

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

which forms if any were you taught?

I just can't believe that I have learned 42 different forms through my life.

Does anyboy have learned more than 42 forms?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Just out of curiosity...
which forms if any were you taught or do you teach?

Forms in JKD? There are no forms in JKD.

As for the rest of my training, Traditional Yang style (multiple forms), some Chen, some Wu and some Sun, some CMC Taijiquan. Xingyiquan, some Baguazhang, some Wing Chun, some Shaolin Long fist. and a few TKD forms too, and there may be some I forgot.... I have no idea how many forms I have learned over the years... a lot that is all I know

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

I went to a JKD school for an incredibly brief period of time (less than a month). But I do remember that the teacher there informed me they do not have any forms in JKD (or at least that JKD style/branch).

 

[Flying Crane]

I just can't believe that I have learned 42 different forms through my life.

Does anyboy have learned more than 42 forms?

Yeah, at last count it was somewhere north of 60. Maybe 70-something.

 

[brazilusa]

I went to a JKD school for an incredibly brief period of time (less than a month). But I do remember that the teacher there informed me they do not have any forms in JKD (or at least that JKD style/branch).

Depending on when they learned, usually. Early years sometimes still retain Sil Lum Tao from Wing Chun. A lot of drills and padwork from my experience. Often with the wooden dummy.

 

[brazilusa]

I just can't believe that I have learned 42 different forms through my life.

Does anyboy have learned more than 42 forms?

I know a few Choy Lay Fut teachers with alot of forms. And of course if you learned other systems...

 

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

Hmm...no direct answers

So no one here even learned the tradition Jeet Kune Do form Ung Moon?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Hmm...no direct answers

So no one here even learned the tradition Jeet Kune Do form Ung Moon?

I have trained briefly on 2 sides of the JKD fence, JKD philosophy and JKD as Bruce taught. Never heard of any form in JKD. And I'd be willing to bet money that no form ever came from Bruce Lee

 

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

Im not sure what the origin of Ung Moon is to be honest.

Its almost shocking none of us got the same JKD

 

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

I just can't believe that I have learned 42 different forms through my life.

Does anyboy have learned more than 42 forms?

42 forms?
Im on my 11th form working on my 12th

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Hmm...no direct answers

So no one here even learned the tradition Jeet Kune Do form Ung Moon?

There's a couple direct answers they just seem to be inconsistent with each other lol. JKD isn't just one organization though so it makes sense

 

[Oily Dragon]

Forms in JKD? There are no forms in JKD.

You forgot one, the form of no form.

If this were Sesame Street, we'd be at 1. Ah ah ah.

 

[Oily Dragon]

Hmm...no direct answers

So no one here even learned the tradition Jeet Kune Do form Ung Moon?

"Five Gates", maybe.

Wing Chun blocks can vary between schools anywhere from 5 basic (ng mun) to over a dozen+. Jeet Kuen Do sustained some number of those basic blocks.

Most of them end in "sao" but not all, in Wing Chun. JKD dropped the "sao" part, because of America.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Im not sure what the origin of Ung Moon is to be honest.

Its almost shocking none of us got the same JKD

I'm not. There is the group that teaches what Bruce Lee taught and then there is the group that teaches based on philosophy which does add things along the way.

As for aa JKD form; Have you read anything Bruce Lee wrote? A form in JKD is the antithesis of anything Bruce Lee said or did as far as JKD is concerned

 

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

I'm not. There is the group that teaches what Bruce Lee taught and then there is the group that teaches based on philosophy which does add things along the way.

As for aa JKD form; Have you read anything Bruce Lee wrote? A form in JKD is the antithesis of anything Bruce Lee said or did as far as JKD is concerned

Yes, I've read some of the material Bruce Lee has written. I don't follow him word for word, although I agree with and have benefited a lot from things he wrote down.

From the sounds of what you are saying, its easy to say we were given different curriculums under the same name. Not a big deal in my eyes.

You sound like someone who enjoys the original/classic version of JKD.

I guess from your perspective I would have an altered/modified version of the JKD curriculum.

 

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

I'm not. There is the group that teaches what Bruce Lee taught and then there is the group that teaches based on philosophy which does add things along the way.

As for aa JKD form; Have you read anything Bruce Lee wrote? A form in JKD is the antithesis of anything Bruce Lee said or did as far as JKD is concerned

So you were taught no forms what so ever while learning JKD?

 

[SuperSnakeCrane87]

"Five Gates", maybe.

Wing Chun blocks can vary between schools anywhere from 5 basic (ng mun) to over a dozen+. Jeet Kuen Do sustained some number of those basic blocks.

Most of them end in "sao" but not all, in Wing Chun. JKD dropped the "sao" part, because of America.

Different people call things different names because they have different approaches/life expiriences

 

[Oily Dragon]

Different people call things different names because they have different approaches/life expiriences

Pretty much.

People often forget.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Yes, I've read some of the material Bruce Lee has written. I don't follow him word for word, although I agree with and have benefited a lot from things he wrote down.

From the sounds of what you are saying, its easy to say we were given different curriculums under the same name. Not a big deal in my eyes.

You sound like someone who enjoys the original/classic version of JKD.

I guess from your perspective I would have an altered/modified version of the JKD curriculum.

I have briefly trained on both sides, what Bruce taught and concepts, I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. But one thing that seems to be a core belief in JKD is using no form as a form. So a standardized JKD form seems highly unlikely. Never heard of it from Bruce Lee or any of the first generation JKD folks