Ein Versuch einer Definition des JKD von Steve Golden, gefunden auf dem Sean Madigan Forum:
"As it’s been stated, there are many opinions on what
JKD is and what it is not. So, instead of adding my opinion to the long list of opinions, I’
ll leave my opinion out of this and just tell you what
JKD really is. (My wife read that and said I sounded conceited and obnoxious. She may be right but moving right along…)
JKD is a method or methods based on sound and provable principles. What Bruce Lee did was pull together principles and truths that have been around for hundreds or thousands of years. He then used them “his way” to make a combat system that used universal truths in a way that best fit his skills and personality. That is Bruce Lee’s expression of
JKD.
The information that Bruce Lee gathered, documented and left in his notes gives us hints on how to put those truths and principles together into a usable and effective method for our own use. When that is done,
JKD becomes your own personal use and expression of those principles.
JKD is alive and well in each of us when we follow these principles of combat. That does NOT mean that we must execute those principles in the same way that Bruce Lee did. It also doesn’t mean that we can’t do it the way he did. The beauty of
JKD is that it gives you the tools and lets you build what you personally need to gain effectiveness and excellence.
So, is it
JKD if you deviate from these principles? Maybe. It’s very important to understand that the principles are not laws. They are guidelines. There are times when you should break the “rules” because the situation dictates it. But you should also know and understand the implications of doing so. Do I stand strong side forward? Sometimes. Do I use the “Bi Jong” stance? Rarely. Am I doing
JKD? Hmmm? I’m not sure I can answer that one. But, am I using the principles that Bruce Lee assemble? You bet I am! Does it work? Of course it does.
I’ve asked people and I’ve also been asked to define
JKD. If you make the mistake of defining it you have destroyed its very spirit. That’s because any definition is restrictive. It forces the method into artificial bounds and structures. If you want to understand
JKD, then understand its principles but don’t be bound by them. My description, not definition, of
JKD should give you the spirit of
JKD but not lock it into restrictive bounds.
Personally, I do not like using the term
JKD because of the restrictions the term generates. I do say
JKD, just as I have here, but that’s only a matter of convenience so we know what subject we’re discussing.
Steve Golden
All my comments, although absolutely correct, are my own and do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of any other person or organization, yet. ;-)"
und eine interessante Antwort:
"We can express
JKD principles according to what degree are tools can operate, according to our abilities, but is not
JKD like an opponent who is a world champion the average person must evolve to reach that level.
If he is happy with slow and predictable opponents then
JKD becomes like the opponents he trains with and fight, but here the dilema,
jkd by its very nature must evolved one to the highest abilities that one can use and function against a very skilled opponent.
One can start by developing one abilities against a highly skilled opponent, then
JKD liberates itself until one abilities has evolved beyond what one use to consider a highly skilled opponent.
Basically
JKD is a skill, like driving a racing car, they get faster or more powerful to keep up one must have similiar abilites.
Now with
JKD principles one can develop a base to work from to evolve and get to one best abilities, once the attributes are developed the spirit can truly fly and express
JKD in one,s best abilities and beyond what one would consider impossible before
JKD principles.
Then breaking the Rules, is but a superior tactics to achieve a certain objective after all
JKD principles by its very nature brakes the rules and re-defnines itself as one developed it.
The reason being that as one evolves and become the world champion let say, one need a higher degree to fight at that level and stay there.
There are plenty of world champion who have long careers and who have developed beyong their original first winning of the title.
Just like
JKD if it gets you from A to B and does what you need, then am I doing
JKD, well if it meet those objective and goes beyond due to the desire to stay at the top, based upon using
JKD principles, then surely it is worth having a name and understanding what
JKD principles is an use it to be able to evolve to a higher usage of
JKD."
Quelle:
http://bigjkd.forumco.com/topic~TOPIC_ID~1873.asp
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