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Is MMA where Bruce Lee envisioned his theory of JKD going?
Is MMA where Bruce Lee envisioned his theory of JKD going?
According to Dana White, yes. According to anyone who knew Bruce himself, not at all. I side with the guys who knew Bruce.
I’d say yes and no, Bruce Lee was said to have trained in anything he could, use what worked, removed what didn’t.Is MMA where Bruce Lee envisioned his theory of JKD going?
I’d say yes and no, Bruce Lee was said to have trained in anything he could, use what worked, removed what didn’t.
in MMA it’s the same, what I dislike is that the community seems to be close minded, if it’s not mma, wrestling, judo, BJJ, etc it’s crap, everything else like Kali, aikido, JKD, wing Chun etc must be fake...having said that this is the view of non fighters
when I look at the backgrounds of various fighters they train a myriad of arts, Muay Thai, Kali, Silat, JKD, wrestling, judo, BJJ, shooto, Kung fu, wing chun, karate, Silat, krav maga
guys like Eric Paulson, Roy Nelson, Anderson Silva, Gokor, Bas Rutten etc
so in mma the actual fighters are learning what works, but the community just follows sheepishly listening to whatever a guy like Ramsay Dewey or Rokas Says rather then doing what Bruce Lee did...see for themselves
No he’s a mma coach in China who has an eh record yet people act like he’s some expert on all things martial artsWait. Isn't ramsey Dewey a kung fu guy?
MMA, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sanda, K-1 kickboxing, American Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Full Contact Karate, Catch-Wrestling, and Boxing.
judo, taijiquan, capoeira, kobudo, and kenjutsu.
No he’s a mma coach in China who has an eh record yet people act like he’s some expert on all things martial arts
he said something stupid like the only reason Machidas karate works in mma is cause he’s a master...I’m like no duh, how else would he get to that level.
he also said Kung fu is crap yet when some guy used it successfully in K-1 he said oh well he’s saying he’s a Shaolin monk so still fake, I believe it was Yi Long, he’s a self taught martial artist and has a really good K1 record
No.Is MMA where Bruce Lee envisioned his theory of JKD going?
Yes I’m just saying guys in mma do Kung fu, wing Chun, etc...they make it work because they’ve adapted and are conditioned, I think the issue with a lot of TMI today is that they don’t adapt, but my comment was about how guys in mma who actually fight seem to be very open minded to all arts not just the ones in mma. I even saw that Gokor (student of Gene Lebell) has a guy teaching wing Chun in his academy.I think you will find commonalities between people who can use their martial arts and people who cannot.
So when you look at say karate or kung fu. A large proportion of those styles are doing some dumb stuff. Look at MMA and less people are doing dumb stuff.
But it is ultimately that dumb stuff that makes a style garbage.
Which is kind of explained here.