Monday, August 3, 2015

Tommy Carruthers Original Jeet Kune Do Training

Tommy Carruthers JKD IFO SG: Nico Yeo training group focused on reality based self defense with no fancy techniques. We train our students on how to see fast, move fast, hit fast with no fancy moves, finish the fight fast.

Suitable for both female and male that seeking for simple and effective self defense training. 


Below are some of the training that Sifu Tommy Carruthers teach in Glasgow basement students:


Now, you can access to Tommy Carruthers Original Jeet Kune Do Training, without even needing to travel all the way to Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom.

All you have to do now is join Tommy Carruthers JKD IFO SG: Nico Yeo Training Group and every year attend Tommy Carruthers 2 days seminar in Singapore so he can access your progress and skills level.


I look forward to equipping you with a veritable of super-fast and devastating fast fighter you can start using right away in the real-world streets fight!


Go to our Semi-Private JKD Training venue for more info about fee please add me in facebook or whatapp me at 90059173

Friday, June 5, 2015

What is JKD Martial Arts?

What is JKD Martial Arts?



"The art of Jeet Kune Do is simply to simplify. The way of the intercepting or foot.

JKD it is not a style.


In Enter the Dragon, when asked what style he practised Bruce Lee responded with

"THE ART OF FIGHTING WITHOUT FIGHTING"


His reference being SunZi who stated that the ultimate skill in battle was the ability to win without actually having to fight.

Enjoy the video




Monday, January 12, 2015

To Improve Fighter's Reflexes, Timing, Distancing and Speed in JKD Training Method

So many martial artists and fighters spend so much time building strength and muscular speed, perfecting flashy, complicated techniques, and improving their cardio.

But how many spend any real time improving their Reflex, Timing, Distance, Speed?

In the street fight, fast reflexes can mean the difference between life and death. You don't want to be the slow one - you don't want to be dead.

For this JKD Training Method we isolate having your partner throw nothing but a kick at you while you defend. Determine what you need to work on and to Improve your Reflex, Timing, Distancing and Speed.

Your offensive reflexes can be honed by focusing on how to recognize and react to specific situations and openings. Have you partner randomly create an opening which you must react to or throw a specific counter attack.

If you devote the time to really training these drills you should see results. It is very important for you as a martial artist to devote time to improving your reflexes.


In this training video you can see the speed of both partner are the same slow and steady.



 

Monday, December 1, 2014

How to train to slip punches


Learn simple but awesome slip techniques." Head movement is really not very difficult to learn, believe it or not. You will be amazed at how little you have to move your head in order to slip a punch. You can slip punches with very small head movements with shoulder turn by throw a cross into your opponent's groin or opponent's ribcage and follow by smash his face with a pviot punch

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Tommy Carruthers official JKD group lead by Nico Yeo

I am very pleased and honoured to have been given the opportunity to be representing Tommy Carruthers' official group leader in Singapore.
Now I have the permission to run my own JKD training group in Singapore teaching Tommy's JKD.

Tommy Carruthers Original Jeet Kune Do Seminar 2014


If you have miss the seminar in 2014, no worries you can always joint our private group training. click here to register. 



Thursday, October 2, 2014

Tommy Carruthers Singapore | JKD Seminar Singapore

Tommy Carruthers Singapore

Tommy Carruthers had arrive Singapore yesterday 3 Oct 2014, today he will be conducting seminar on Original Jeet Kune Do at 55 Newton Road, #05-01 Revenue House, Singapore 307987

Tommy Carruthers would like to outlined it at a time by revealing each and every period of Bruce Lee's martial art during this seminar . Attendees can certainly experience throughout Jeet Kune Do's development just like Bruce Lee actually did, to reach the period when Bruce Lee defined as it ,"Fencing with our hands and feet". 

Attendees will be going through Bruce Lee's early on martial art with a solid influence by Wing Chun in his Seattle period and then Jun Fan Kung Fu in the Oakland Period, finally the evolution to Jeet Kune Do .

Take a look at last year seminar video

Tommy Carruthers seminar year 2013 


Tommy Carruthers seminar year 2013 




Below is the Tommy Carruthers demo during Bruce Lee's 70th Birthday Celebration. 




History Channel - 2009

History channel came to Glasgow to interview Tommy Carruthers . The topic was HOW BRUCE LEE CHANGED THE WORLD, is only a very small part of all the action that happened on the day. Tommy demonstrated a few basic things and how they differ from the traditional ideas and ways of JKD training. 



Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Tommy Carruthers JKD May Camp 2014 Glasgow Scotland,

 Tommy Carruthers JKD

MAY CAMP 2014- BASEMENT 

Glasgow Scotland, United Kingdom 

26TH MAY TILL 1ST JUNE 2014

THE LATE JAMES Y LEE'S SON GREGLON LEE CONDUCTS HIS VERY FIRST SEMINAR OUTSIDE AMERICA AT  THE BASEMENT ON THE 

31ST OF MAY AND 1ST OF JUNE,

7 DAYS TRAINING ON ALL ASPECTS OF REALITY APPLICATION OF JEET KUNE DO.

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Tommy Carruthers JKD training camp was awesome! It is total mind blowing JKD training drills that work on specific individuals JKD tool, it build on the attribute speed, power, timing and distance.

The training drills focus fishing the fight fast, thus our main target for the training is knee, groin and eye. 

If you are seriously want to improve your JKD skill I would recommend you travel to Glasgow and train with Tommy basement students you will definitely improve a lots of your JKD skills. 

The reason is simple if you want to be the best train with the best. In Singapore we don't have such group of students yet because students are not committed to train 3 time a week.

Even once a week also got problem to commit to come consistently. That is big problem!

You know to reach that level it take years and to train 3 time a week every week without fail.

After I came back from Glasgow, I told myself I want to form a training group like Tommy students in Singapore. 

Now if you are the person I looking for, interested to joint my training group and seriously want to improve your JKD skills. You are ready to commit minimum once a week consistently. Than you are qualify to joint my group. 

If you can commit 3 time a week consistently it even better.

Drop me a message at 90059173

Thank you
Nico Yeo


Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Street Fighting Situational Awareness



Street Fighting Situational Awareness


1) Most street attacks last only 30 seconds

2) Most important fighting skill to learn is, how to do it in any situation, any situation any any angle, any position and most importantly is what part of an assailant’s body to attack.

3) Learn to be more effective in a shorter period of time to finish the fight as soon as it start.

In JKD Academy we train our students to end the fight as soon as it start.


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This social experiment is about domestic abuse

This social experiment is about domestic abuse




This social experiment is about domestic abuse. It is kind of hard to watch, but see what happens when a woman is being abused and when a man is being abused.  What do you when you see something like that on the streets. Intervene? Ignore? call 999?


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Monday, September 29, 2014

Self Protection Classes Singapore | | Self Protection Awareness Training

The BEST self defense is Awareness

1 . Overall look at where you're going . 

2 . Act in response . Spend time practicing a high speed flinch response in the event you're surprised by a sound , movement or touch 

3 .People give you a bad feeling as you walk. You should be aware of the person and the surroundings. Keep safe distance at least 2 arm length.

4 .Learn to strike very, very hard . Now there is no super-secret death touch . Your own personal training programs should incorporate striking things as fast and as hard as you can , while avoiding the same against you and do this while maintaining your balance . 

5 . Locks and grappling only work in movies ( fantasy ) and sports ( rules ) . Hit the eyes and throat, groin and run if you can. If not continue keep hitting with different striking tool.





DISCLAIMER

The video featured may cause serious harm or death if used irresponsibly. This video does not constitute as a self defense instruction or advise. This video is for cultural information and entertainment purposes only. I do not encourage you to harm another living creature or do anything violent. You must consider the legal implications of everything you do, exercising your judgement and common sense as an adult. You must follow the law or pay the consequences. Whatever you do, you do out of your own intentions. The Video is for entertainment purposes only and cannot be used as legal advice.


Thursday, September 25, 2014

Tommy Carruthers Jeet Kune Do Seminar Singapore Year 2014



Tommy Carruthers Jeet Kune Do Seminar Singapore Year 2014 



With so many types of martial arts practised in Singapore, how can we differentiate between those meant for competitive sports and those which are for real self defence?

Jeet Kune Do, as Bruce Lee intended, would allow one to be able to handle a fight where there are no rules, no weight categories and definitely not always one-on-one.

It is a confusing martial art as there are many versions of it in modern day.
World renowned Jeet Kune Do instructor, Tommy Carruthers, will be in Singapore on Oct 4th and 5th to conduct a seminar on Original Jeet Kune Do.

Tommy hopes to set it straight by sharing each stage of Bruce Lee's martial art in this seminar. Participants can expect to journey through Jeet Kune Do's development as Bruce Lee did, to arrive at the stage where Bruce Lee called it,"Fencing with our hands and feet".

We will be experiencing Bruce Lee's early martial art (with a strong influence by Wing Chun) in his Seattle era, followed by Jun Fan Kung Fu in the Oakland Era, and then the evolution to Jeet Kune Do.

This understanding will give us a lens when exploring other martial arts so that we will be able to differentiate techniques for competitive martial art, and techniques for surviving a street fight.

Fees
Early Bird (1st Sept)
Individual $220
Double Sign Up $380
After Early Bird
Individual $250
Double Sign Up $450

Transfer to Posb Savings 148-12341-1 and then sms/whatsapp your full name, transaction details, phone numbers (if two sign ups) and email address to
9181 9460. 

Hosted:  John Jiayong Low and Martialmart SG
Date : October 4 - October 5
Time:  10:00am to 3:00pm
Venue: 55 Newton Road, #05-01 Revenue House, Singapore 307987

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Authentic Jeet Kune Do Training On Street Survival At Atrix

Jeet Kune Do Academy Singapore 


We provides group and private training in Singapore. We offer wide range of self defense classes for real world encounters. Our mission is to preserve the teaching & legacy of Bruce Lee, improve our personal skills, and help others through self discovery & expression of the martial arts

Authentic Jeet Kune Do Training On Street Survival At Atrix
Venue : 82 Lorong 23 Geylang Road #02-02. Singapore 388409
( 5 min walk from Aljunied MRT )
Day : Saturday
Time: 1:15PM to 2:45PM
Date: Oct 18, 25 , Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and Dec 6, 13, 20
Age limit : 15 years old and above to max 55 years old
Group size : min 6 to max 12

Training Fee:  $300  for students or $400 for adults (  total 10 lessons ) 
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Training Fee: For Early bird rate $250 for both adults and kids ( total 10 lessons )
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Tao Of Jeet Kune Do | Bruce Lee Martial Art

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"There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way.”
 ― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do


 


“All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.” ― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do




“Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do






Thursday, February 20, 2014

Self Defense Street Fighting Methods | Racist Scumbags in Glasgow Attacking a Busker

Racist Scumbags in Glasgow Attacking a Busker 


This street performer had to take the law in his own hands when defending himself against angry racists.
According to the Scottish Express, street performer Melo was being interviewed for a special documentary for BBC.
The documentary, titled The Street, depicts encounters with residents on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. Melo, who was sharing his story with filmmakers, was interrupted by what appeared to be two intoxicated men. The men tease and taunt Melo, spewing racial slurs like “black bastard.”
Melo (who hails from Angola) tries to ignore the men, but as you can see in the video above, the situation escalates. After police come and arrest the aggressors, Melo tells filmmakers that racism isn’t new in Scotland.

The video below is the full video street performer Melo was being interviewed for a special documentary for BBC.


The documentary aired Monday night and while it’s believed the street performer has left the country, viewers were upset that no one – including cameramen – tried to stop the attack.

Producers of the show fired back and claimed that it wouldn’t be realistic to edit out Melo’s attack and the drunk actions of other people on the show:



But anyway I would like to cover the Street Self Defense aspects. 

Now the first two picture show that street performer Melo knowing how to defense himself by raising his hand up as a fence up for defense himself from attack while talking to the attacker and keeping a safe distance which allow Melo enough time to react for defense.

Now the third and fourth picture show that street performer Melo sense the distance is too near and feel thread knowing how to defense himself by extended his hand up as a fence up and push the attacker away from him thus keeping safe distance while talking to the attacker.

Melo was good man he have the chance to strike the attacker when it is too close but he did not strike. 

Would you react like him if it is you.? Well is hard to say. Sometime if we miss the chance to strike and we would not have second chance to strike anymore. because you are giving the attacker the momentum to strike you first!

Now the firth picture show that the attacker getting his momentum to strike street performer Melo and this is the second chance for Melo to kick the attacker to defense himself from attack but he did not do it! He extended his hand up as a fence up and push the attacker away second time thus keeping him safe distance while talking to the attacker.


Now the six picture show that he is ready to fight now. An on guard stance ready to strike anytime. He warn them not to come near now.

Now the seven picture show that he is either no confidence to fight 1 on 2 or he is trying to scare the attacker away by using object to defense himself.

What do you think? He have no confidence to fight 1 on 2 or trying to scare the attacker away and avoid fight?

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Learn how to use nunchucks for beginners | nunchucks lessons online

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #1: Selecting the Nunchuck (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )

Trying to figure out which nunchuck (or nunchaku) to select? Here is a brief overview on some of the different types. This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #2: Holding the Chucks (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks ) 


Where do you hold these things? Same place for every nunchuck? How do you hold these things? This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #3 Planes - Basic Concept (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )


Do you see the imaginary walls called planes? This is a very basic concept to help you understand their use. This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #4: Over the Shoulder Pass (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )


90% of nunchuck videos include an OTS pass, so it is your first move to learn grasshoppa. This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.


Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #5: Clutch, Stops, Redirect (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks)


How to reverse the OTS Pass. Also, a good bit of advice when you catch a nunchaku. Lastly, some clever simple redirection patterns. This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #6: Figure 8 (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )

Noone can deny the figure 8. This is a solid foundation of all nunchaku spinning. This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #7: Wrist Rolls / Rips (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )

Finishing the first 30 minute segment. You want to rock the chucks, you must learn hand rolls! This video is an important stepping stone for so many more moves...it's ridiculous! ;)This is a clip from the first 30 minute beginner tutorial.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #8: Intro & Stretches


Welcome to part 2 of Nunchucks for Beginners. Here are three great wrist stretches that will help prevent injury.

Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #9: Dino Hand! (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )


Rawr! Mostly a talk about relaxation. Please don't claw your friends or yourself with dino hand. Welcome to part 2 of Nunchucks for Beginners.


Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #10: Making Mistakes! (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )


This is a talk to the beginners out there. Redefine what you think a mistake is. It can do two great things for you. 1) Teach you where you need to go to make it work. 2) Take you into a different place that may become a new discovery for your style. I want you to make mistakes and lots of them. You can learn my techniques but give yourself the space to discover your own style.


Awesome Nunchucks for Beginners #11: Centerline Passes. (Ninja Circus Nunchaku Tricks )

The centerline is a line that splits your body in half. Centerline and Middle Lane are the same. We'll work reverse figure 8s along the centerline and also do a centerline pass.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Fight and Flight Response Training

Many instructors would have you believe they are experts in self defense simply because they have a martial arts background and they don't actually realise the dangers of facing off against an armed aggressor, all to often they will teach you fancy methods and techniques with fancy words that in reality actually decrease your chances of survival in a real life confrontation.

Self defense against anyone, especially someone armed with an edged weapon, has to be simple, effective and work on your natural reflexes to increase your chance of survival. 

The most importance training not to forget is the adrenal stress training self defenses 

Understanding fear and the Survival Stress Response
‘'Fear is your best friend and your worst enemy, control it and win."

This video show you how our human body response to adrenal stress situation.



Adrenal stress, which will affect your effectiveness, the other is how training to solve one problem doesn't automatically translate to solving other problems, which is your specific effectiveness.

The adrenal response can also be triggered by non-life threatening high stress incidents, because the mind doesn't differentiate between real and imagined danger.

When we experience excessive stress whether from internal worry or external circumstance a bodily reaction is triggered, called the "fight or flight" response. Originally discovered by the great Harvard physiologist Walter Cannon, this response is hard-wired into our brains and represents a genetic wisdom designed to protect us from bodily harm. This response actually corresponds to an area of our brain called the hypothalamus, which when stimulated  initiates a sequence of nerve cell firing and chemical release that prepares our body for running or fighting.

What are the signs that our fight or flight response has been stimulated (activated)?

When our fight or flight response is activated, sequences of nerve cell firing occur and chemicals like adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol are released into our bloodstream.

These patterns of nerve cell firing and chemical release cause our body to undergo a series of very dramatic changes. Our respiratory rate increases. Blood is shunted away from our digestive tract and directed into our muscles and limbs, which require extra energy and fuel for running and fighting. Our pupils dilate. Our awareness intensifies. Our sight sharpens. Our impulses quicken. Our perception of pain diminishes. Our immune system mobilizes with increased activation. We become prepared physically and psychologically for fight or flight. We scan and search our environment, "looking for the enemy.

RULES FOR PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS (Taught in most correctional services or police training centres)

1. BE COMMITTED AND EFFECTIVE FROM THE BEGINNING.

2. NEVER SPAR WITH ANYONE.

3. CREATE A DISTRACTION/DYSFUNCTION AND ESCAPE.

4. END IT QUICKLY.

5. ACT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO REACT.

6. PRACTICE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

7. COMPLACENCY KILLS.

8. ADOPT A PROPER MIND SET OF I WILL WIN. I WILL SURVIVE. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

9. TIME EQUALS DISTANCE AND DISTANCE EQUALS TIME.


10. BE AWARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT. (ESCAPE ROUTES, AVAILABLE SAFE HAVENS)

Understanding the Adrenaline Stress Response, sticking to techniques that involve only gross motor skills, remembering the Ten Rules and keeping or getting your subject off balance are the keys to controlling the outcome in most subject control situations.

How to Engage & Develop the “Fight” Reaction

Mental training "your Imagination"


The quickest way to engage your adrenaline is by using your imagination. The mind is a powerful tool and can bring us to do amazing things when properly motivated. It’s about making the stakes high enough that our desire to fight overpowers our desire to flee. In our training, we teach students to make themselves angry. We tell them to fight as though defending a loved one to shore up the power of their intention. 

We tell them to imagine that if they don’t fight off their attacker he will rape and murder their daughter, or something similar, whatever it takes to get their anger to take over, leaving their fear by the wayside. 

Whatever you use to fire yourself up, it should be personal to you. This is a good tool to start with, and something you can always go back to if needed. Ultimately though, in the martial arts you want to have a less emotionally-based way of establishing a fight reaction to get a habituated reaction that can be used more tactically if you choose to do so.

Discomfort Training. When exploring your reactions to adrenaline, it’s a good idea to start at lower levels if it’s new to you. If there is something that causes you discomfort in your training, that is probably a good place to start. If you’re afraid of being hit, you might  put on a mouth guard and head gear and have someone wearing 16 oz boxing gloves punch you in a controlled manner. If you’re afraid of being held down, you might have someone bigger than you hold you down, again in a controlled manner, so you can explore your adrenal reaction to that fear. Some people experience adrenaline rushes from performance anxiety. Performing in front of the class or doing training circles is another way of exploring adrenal reactions. Whatever you do, it should always be done in a way that is mindful of your safety.

Live Training. When you don’t know what attack is going to come next, you naturally experience a higher level of stress as compared to training with a compliant partner. When a person achieves a level of ability in which live training can be done more or less safely, it is something that allows them to learn how to apply their skills under higher stress situations. This can come in the form of sparring, grappling, or even self-defense applications in which the attacker is not fully compliant (must be done with a reasonable amount of control).

High Stress Training.we introduce ‘high stress sparring’ at higher levels. These involve sparring against multiple attackers, 2-on-1, 3-on-1, and other similarly stressful sparring scenarios. There are some rules that are followed for safety. No strikes to the back of the head, throat, spine, kidneys, and knees. Participants, both attackers and defenders, wear helmets, mouth guards, groin protectors, shin guards, etc. In these drills an instructor oversees each interaction and is ready to stop the action to maintain a safe training environment. In dealing with multiple attacker situations, the defenders can better identify their experience of perceptual narrowing, finding it harder to keep tabs on all the attackers. 




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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

How to Win a Street Fight

How To Win A Street Fight Simply By Learning How To Intercept The Attacker



The most common attempted to disengage from the attacker by backing away from the threat. This usually resulted in the attacker closing quite quickly with their victim

So most peoples natural reaction was to backing away from the attacker with knife. The main problem is that the attacker quickly closed again. 

This is why we do scenario training... So that we actually practice intercept or evading from the attacker.

We also teach things like Tactical Positioning to help you use furnature and obsticles to increase their chances of successfully evading or intercept the attacker.

Hand interception techniques are easy to learn (our student here learn in less that 2 hours training at this point in time) as they are based on natural flinch responses. They are not dependent on footwork, stances or complicated body movements and so can be utilized from nearly any position.

Dealing with real life encounters and the realities of having to deal with edged weapon attack both on the street.


Applying simple and effective reactions to sudden unprovoked attack using your natural flinch responses to your best advantage.


We practice scenario training 1


As you can see the distance is too near for reaction, if the attacker decide to attack. Thing to take note keep safe distance. If you have a bag use it and get ready for a block the knife using your bag.

If not, you have to decide when to strike the attacker even the attacker did not initiate the move. 
How when to strike? When you think the distance is too close, is not safe, you feel thread.

"The ability to intercept, then destroy your opponent’s intentions efficiently"

You intercept his intention before he make any move! With a spear fingering to the attacker eye can be quite devastating on the eyes to the attacker! The penetrating trauma upon an opponent injuries of the eye can be a serious threat to vision.


We practice scenario training 2


Some people have problem decide to strike first or your decision making is too slow thus the attacker made his first move. As a JKD practitioners we are train to intercept any telegraphic movement from the attacker. As for this scenario I would suggest a fingers jab to the attacker eye with a pivot step to the right so as to avoid the knife in case you miss the strike you are still at the safe side thus you can follow up second strike.


We practice scenario training 3



What happen the attacker is too fast and you have no time to intercept his first telegraphic movement! In this scenario proper training footwork is very crucial. As a JKD practitioners we are train to use foot work to avoid an attack and attack using a footwork
Compression and Expansion in JKD
Shuffle step avoid the attack or one step backward follow by a stomping knee joint kick to break the knee.

We practice scenario training 4


  
What happen the attacker is too fast and you have no time to intercept his first two telegraphic movement! He get his momentum of attack forward to you. In this scenario proper training footwork is very crucial too but this time we include time hit in our training. 
Time Hit
After the attacker miss the first two or three strike he will definitely strike the next fourth five six strike in this case we practice footwork, distancing with time hit. When ever we see an opening for attack, like the photo above we strike! but of course we must have proper footwork and distance. Without proper footwork and distance even you see an opening you are not able to strike. Therefore proper training footwork is very crucial in JKD.



Is this correct distance for striking? Do you thing he can strike to the nearest target knee?

We practice scenario training 5


Even when we practice time hit we must try it out to be realistic in our training! Thing may not work in real life situation because we always have a compliance training partners.
In this scenario as you can see what happen to the knifer accidentally strike to the victim cos the victim use stop kick.

Stop kick only work if the attacker have no weapons. Now question for you where should you kick than?

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Fight and Flight Response Training


Best Defense Is Good Offence "pre-emptive strike"







Thursday, January 23, 2014

Spirit Of Jeet Kune Do | Once Upon a Time in High School

Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (Korean: 말죽거리 잔혹사) is a 2004 South Korean drama film.

Kwon, who starred as Hyun-soo, transfers to another school. He is sent to a bottom-rank class and experiences violence in classroom by a group of gangsters in his class, led by Jong-hoon, who is a stereotypical Korean bully in school.

The teachers are also depicted as authoritarian to the students, using violence for the sake of discipline, as did most Korean teachers in the '70s. Hyun-soo, after a failed relationship with Eun-joo (played by Han Ga In), decides that he will no longer put up with the conduct of Jong-hun and his boys as well as the harsh and violent disciplinary techniques being put up by the teachers, and so starts to train himself in Jeet Kune Do, inspired by his greatest hero Bruce Lee. His father, a master in Tae Kwon Do, frequently resorted to extreme violence to discipline his son.

Hyun-soo challenges Jong-hoon to a duel one day when he is no longer able to put up with his irrational behaviour. Jong-hoon and his friends are grievously injured by Hyun-soo's nunchaku. Hyun-soo is expelled after this incident.

Hyun-soo meets his friend Hamburger again at the GED institute and they talk about their past. He meets Eun-joo again, but they say their goodbyes on a bus. The film ends with Hamburger and Hyun-soo outside of a movie theater showing Jackie Chan's 1978 movie Drunken Master, rough-housing as they argue about Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.

Below is some of the video clip in the movie




To watch the full movie of Spirit Of Jeet Kune Do

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

JEET KUNE DO | THE SCIENCE OF FOOTWORK

"The essence of fighting is the art of moving."- Bruce Lee

Fluidly mobile probably the most important component in JFJKD is footwork, it quite simply, the science of motion. 

I learn about JFJKD, the more I see the scope of just how important footwork truly is. 

Power from proper use of penetration, hips, body weight, timing, distance, footwork, kinetic chain .

Mobility, more than anything else is highly stressed in Jeet Kune Do, as combat is a matter of movements ... Footwork is light, quick and economical. Good footwork is essential to close (bridge) the gap to your opponent and attack powerfully, or evade and counter an opponent's attack. 

The Jeet Kune Do fighter will use linear, lateral, angular and circular footwork patterns, so as to put himself in the best possible range to hit but not get hit (using range, angles, traps) and able to disengage at will.

Bruce Lee’s  quote that  "The essence of fighting is the art of moving," and moving is footwork. The principles of movement form the very heart of combat.

Bruce Lee once said that the four components of footwork consisted of:
1. The sensitivity of your opponent’s aura,
2. Aliveness and naturalness,
3. Instinctive pacing (distance),
4. A balanced position at the start and finish.

It should be obvious that you cannot use your hands or legs effectively until your feet have put you into position in which you can do so, if you are slow on your feet, you will be slow with your punches and kicks. Good footwork allows you to hit from any angle and also to follow up your initial attack with more powerful finishing blows.


Footwork, in short, "gets you there and gets you out." Another important tool in JFJKD is learning how to correctly judge distance, which Bruce Lee referred to as "the fighting measure," which is simply another way of saying, "distance." It’s very important to know to judge distance because distance is the relationship between you and your opponent. It all depends on the length on the distance you need to bridge or close between you and your opponent and also your opponent’s reaction speed.

Bruce’s main emphasis was always footwork.  "Good footwork can beat any attack." Constantly drill on footwork, in an effort to improve balance. able to glide in and out, throwing techniques from all angles after coming into various ranges through footwork. And, of course, emphasized the avoiding of attacks through footwork too. Without footwork, you cannot complete the task of fighting with any degree of efficiency.

Many people think of footwork as some sort of bouncing movement, but the one thing Bruce Lee stressed to all of his students was never to move for the sake of moving, and not to bounce simply for the sake of bouncing.

Bruce Lee did not bounce around much when he was sparring; he was very controlled and motionless, until he saw an opening. And by then you were flat on your back. Every move you make should be purposeful; it should be done to either deliver a hit, to move into position
to deliver a hit, or to move out of the range of being on the receiving end of your opponent’s hit.

The key to success in footwork is to keep it simple. If you aim toward simplification, rather than complex or intricate foot patterns, which more resemble dance patterns than efficiency, your footwork will be smooth, direct and efficient. If you use economy of motion, you will always be relaxed, which is crucial to your reaction time and to the speed of your attacks, defenses and counter-attacks.

Another great benefit to proper JFJKD footwork is the fact that it provides you with a means by which you can employ the force of inertia, which, properly applied, can tremendously boost your punching / kicking power. These are some of the reasons that footwork seems to me so important. Footwork also serves to enhance your body alignment, which makes your leverage more favorable and your strikes more devastating.

Another aspect of combat that is enhanced by proper footwork is speed. I mean footwork is what gets you there to deliver your technique, and out of there, before your opponent can deliver his. Footwork is not only used to deliver techniques or avoid techniques, but also to set up techniques. It’s part of strategy, a form of P.I.A. (Progressive Indirect Attack). It can lure your opponent in to a trap, allow you to gain the proper fighting measure and also bridge the gap to your opponent. Good footwork accomplishes all of these things.

Good footwork is like operating a four-wheel drive SUV. Most people only utilize a two-wheel drive; that is, they’re limited as to what techniques they can throw because they’re really only comfortable in their two-wheel drive mode. However, once you learn on the options that available themselves to you with increased mobility, you realize that footwork is an option provider.

While some people mistakenly consider to be merely bouncing around like Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Leonard, others equally as mistaken, think of footwork as simply something that moves you in to hit your opponent, without realizing that it’s just as important in preventing your opponent from hitting you.

In Thai Boxing, for example, you see a lot of "give and take", wherein one fighter will whack his opponent and then stay there and get hit back by his opponent. Such back-and-forth exchanges are common place, and quite often the winner is the one with the highest pain threshold. In JFJKD, however, the bottom line is to hit your opponent, and not get hit back. JFJKD teaches one how to be a thinking fighter. A smart fighter. Nobody should opt to get hit particularly when you can substantially reduce the chances of that happening by employing proper footwork.