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Bruce liked this system fine. The system had a lot to offer. It had its boxing and trapping tools, low kicks, a stance he felt comfortable with. He would later find though, that it had its restrictions. When a man named Wong Jack Man challenged Bruce, in front of his own students, to a fight, Bruce used his Jun Fan system to beat him, ...barely. After the fight Bruce found himself tired and out of breath. He realized the fight took too long, and that a complete martial artist must also put emphasis on being physically fit. He decided to look for a better way of fighting. His search for the truth in martial arts began.
Bruce had a library of thousands of books. All of which he had read and taken notes on. Part of what made him a great teacher is that he was a great student. He would listen any opinion on martial arts regardless of style. He would retain what he liked and disregard the rest, but he would always listen. For his way of fighting, Bruce borrowed from Wing Chun, Western Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Jiu Jitsu and others as well as his own personal modifications. Bruce also began cardio and weight training, to build a lean muscle mass and boost his stamina.
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Buy Bruce Lee's Movies here and watch him in action! Buy the Soundtrack to Dragon, the Bruce Lee Story He trained obsessively. It has been said that on an average night you might
see Bruce doing the splits in front of the T.V., reading a book in one hand, while doing
curls with the other. Passionate yet passive, Bruce Lee was both sides of the Yin
Yang. Jeet Kune Do today is in a state of finding itself. Although the master left us decades ago, we are still scrambling to pick up the pieces and figure it out. Jeet Kune Do schools are few and far between. It is not a centuries old art that has been established and has a specific curriculum, and I don't think it ever will be. That is not what Bruce wanted or intended anyway. There is however a great deal of learning to do for any JKD enthusiast or practitioner. We must each find what Jeet Kune Do is for ourselves and together to build a way of learning for the future.
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Born in San
Francisco in 1940, Bruce Lee was a man of great vision, determination and understanding of
things. Growing up on the streets of Hong Kong, he became interested in the martial
arts after loosing many street battles with his gang. He had previously studied Tai
Chi, but found it was not for him. He did However take great interest in learning a
system called Wing Chun. Under the grand master Yip Man, Bruce learned a lot and
progressed well. Although Bruce was only little past the second form in Wing Chun
when he left, he had a profound understanding of what he did know. Bruce Lee was a
martial genius the likes of which may never be seen again. He took what he did
know and modified it a little. He began teaching his new art of "Jun Fan Gung
Fu" in the United States after his father had sent him back to his birth place.
Bruce Lee's
search into the realities of combat was taken quite seriously. He showed no bias to
any one style or culture. He tried to view his new method of fighting as something
that floats in totality. It is not about being an American way of fighting or a
Chinese way. It also was not about learning all there is about kicking, or all
there is about grappling. It was about combat. What works about it, what
hinders it, and how can you make it better, faster and simpler.
