My First Day at JKD

[Hawke]

Greetings All,

An acquaintance I met invited me over to train in JKD over at Marina Del Rey.

I never trained like that ever in my life. We did tons of speed drill.

My partner would leave his hand out and I would try to hit it.
My partner would try to grab either shoulder and I had to counter.
My partner would grab my shirt in the center and I had to counter.

Going in and out of different ranges.

This part I did before in FMA training.
We had to react to sound.
We had to react to sight.

I have done drills in other arts where my partner would punch to my face. Or our eyes are close and my partner puts a knife to my throat from any direction.

The JKD training was different. My partner has a close hand and I have to wait until he opens his hands before I can punch. This reminds me of boxing.

The people there were nice and helpful.

 

[arnisador]

I have found JKD of great help to my FMA, in aliveness, moving between ranges, and attributes in general!

 

[joeygil]

Marina del Rey, huh? Were you training at the Inosanto Academy? Saying it's well regarded would be an understatement.

 

[tshadowchaser]

sounds like you had fun and enjoyed yourslef. Happy to hear of your first day experence

 

[newmartialartist]

Sounds very interesting!

 

[Hawke]

I grew up hearing about JKD, but did not think much about it at the time.

I enjoy the training methods used. I am developing more speed. I usually play with sticks, so the extra speed is nice.

Until school is out I am limited on my training.

 

[hungfistron]

Very interesting, looking forward to hearing more of your experiences...

 

[paulH]

i remember my first day... well mostly i remember the bruises!!!... i walked straight into a stop kick session

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Great! Glad you enjoyed it!