What are effective martial arts for real life situations? And opinions on Jeet kune do. (I am training it)?
by physical exertion on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 | 9 Comments
Welcome back!
i am interested in martial arts. I am taking Jeet Kune do classes and i was curious about personal experience with martial arts or what can prove to be effective in a real life situaton
What would you like to know specifically?
Whatever works is effective. Whatever doesn’t, isn’t.
Have fun with Jeet Kune Do, I hope you have a good instructor.
I really recommend looking into Wing Chun. It’s an excellent form or martial arts and is great for self defense. It was one of the first forms of fighting that Bruce Lee learned. It’s especially good if you have a small stature, and you don’t have to be super strong but it doesn’t matter. It’s super effective and will help you dominate in real life. If you are looking for something visually “pretty” Wing Chun is not for you. It’s pretty intense and gruesome. There is some eye gauging, groin attacking and so forth haha. But yea, I think it’s the best thing and will keep you in very good shape. I also recommend Krav Maga for real life situations. I looked into it a little and it looks very effective.
Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Thai Boxing, boxing, jeet kune do, in no particular order.
Jeet kune do is fine, not necessarily a “combat” art since you probably are using light contact all the time, but it’s not bad
Jeet Kun Do is an ecclectic fighting system. It is great because it covers 4 ranges of unarmed fighting. To make the most of your JKD training, you will need to know what happens to your complex motor skills when your mind perceives a threat and your heart speeds up to 145 to 170 beats per minute. At that point all you will have are crude motor skills.
Unfortunately you will only find out what was effective after the fact.
It isn’t about style or system it is more about you own body awareness and ability to recognize danger, avoid conflict and if diplomacy fails, defend yourself in order to survive and escape the danger area.
Jeet Kune Do can be highly effective, however there are many types of Jeet Kune Do. They are all personalized systems so who is teaching it matters the most.
Original Jeet Kune Do has Wing Chun (Bruce Lee’s Kung Fu) at its core. This type of JKD believes in practicing the original fighting method of Bruce Lee.
The other types of Jeet Kune Do fall into what are referred to as JKD Concepts. They usually don’t have very much Wing Chun included and are of the belief that it is the philosophy set forth by Bruce Lee that is the most important. Many of today’s Jeet Kune Concepts include a lot of Filipino arts taking on more of a kickboxing or MMA approach.
Krav Maga also has many principles that are the same as Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do. The differences are hard to appreciate until you’re more advanced.
So in the end its the instructor. If you’ve found a good one stick with them. If not, try another out.
Always also remember to keep the integrity of the event in mind… self-defense (not sport, not tradition, not any thing else). And also make sure that your school spars as much as possible. There is no substitute for sparring regardless of the martial art.
Krav Maga all the way!
It’s modern and battle tested on the streets and in modern warfare.
In my training we were taught that Krav Maga is NOT a “Martial Art” since martial arts have rules and we don’t.
If you want a “Martial Art” I guess Krav isn’t for you.
Japanese ju-jitsu.
As it’s an all rounder.
Best wishes
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