Interview mit Richard Torres
Hi
Bin auf ein interessantes Interview mit Richard Torres gestossen, gerade die Definition was Jeet Kune Do ausmacht gefiel mir sehr gut. Ich poste hier einen Ausschnitt, welcher mir besonders gut gefallen hat.
Hier gehts zum ganzen Interview: Combat Journal - Martial Arts :: Interview with Richard Torres
Hier der Ausschnitt:
"What makes Jeet Kune Do unique?
The uniqueness in Jeet Kune Do is its efficient simplicity. The art is based on the science of the human body and how it can efficiently express martial arts. It has nothing to do with cultures and their styles of combat. Jeet Kune Do has nothing to do with styles and everything to do with the science of the human body expressing martial arts correctly. There is a proper science in Kicking, Punching, Trapping and Grappling.
To teach multi-culture styles to explain Jeet Kune Do is to do the art an injustice. There is multi-culture in the Olympics, yet when they perform running, swimming, or any other event, all the cultures perform the same, according to the science of the human body and not according to their culture.
In the running event, why don't we see the Africans hopping, the Chinese running sideways, the French skipping, or any other culture running differently? To win the event, they need their human body to perform to the maximum. So the science of the human body is studied to see how it can perform best in this event. Only in martial arts do we expect different cultures to fight differently. But in an all-out street brawl, how different does each culture fight? True, all these styles may have something "different", but half-way cultivation leads to ornamentation.
I tend to agree with Bruce Lee when he says there is no such thing as a Chinese way of doing it, a Japanese way of doing it, or any other style via culture. Since we all have two arms and two legs, lets learn to use them to the maximum (with science).
So the uniqueness in this art is that it is a scientific martial art, efficient and simplistic enough for street fighting. It is bound by nothing to achieve its goal of surviving an all-out street brawl. This is why Jeet Kune Do is sometimes referred to as “Scientific Street Fighting”. It is simple, direct and non-classical.
Please tell us about your academy and the curriculum that you teach?
The Jeet Kune Do Martial Arts Institute has been opened for 15 years at the same location in Fishkill, New York. The curriculum is based on Bruce Lee’s teachings, principles and guidelines. Besides our basic training of sharpening the tools of Kicking, Punching, Trapping, and Counter Grappling for the streets, we spar full-contact with full-contact gear and train in different street scenarios. We work in mastering the proper fundamentals (the how-to) and also work on their progressive application (something few schools are aware of). This is the secret of being a great fighter in JKD. "
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