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DO JEET KUNE Jeet Kune Do (Chinese:, Cantonese: Jitkyùndou, Jyutping: Zit6 Kyun4 Do6, Pinyin: Jiéquándào lit. “Way of the Intercepting Fist,” sometimes “Jeet Kun Do,” “JKD,” or “Jeet Kuen Do”) is a hybrid martial arts style and life philosophy developed by Bruce Lee in 1967.
Jeet Kune Do is largely a hand-to-hand combat style.
The approach is based on the usage of several ‘tools’ for various scenarios.
These scenarios are divided into ranges (Kicking, Punching, Trapping, and Grappling), with methods flowing seamlessly between them.
It is also known as a “style without style.”
Unlike more traditional martial arts, Jeet Kune Do is a philosophy with guiding concepts rather than a set or systematic technique.
The Bruce Lee Foundation agreed to adopt the term Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do () to refer to Lee’s martial arts style in 2004.
Lee’s Chinese given name was “Jun Fan,” hence the direct translation is “Bruce Lee’s Way of the Intercepting Fist.”
Philosophy and system
Lee’s outlook
Bruce Lee named his martial technique and philosophy Jeet Kune Do (JKD) in 1967.
When Lee first started exploring other combat methods, he gave his martial art the name Jun Fan Gung Fu.
However, instead of creating another style with the constraints that all styles have, he offered us the method that generated it.
Bruce Lee stated, “I have not devised a “new style,” composite, modified, or otherwise, that is set apart from “this” way or “that” approach.”
On the contrary, I wish to liberate my audience from sticking to trends, patterns, or molds.
Remember that Jeet Kune Do is only a term, a mirror through which we may view “ourselves…”
Jeet Kune Do is not a formal organization to which one can belong.
Either you understand or you don’t, and that’s the end of the matter.
My personal style is unmistakable.
My motions are straightforward, direct, and non-classical.
Its outstanding aspect is its simplicity.
Every action in Jeet Kune-Do is self-contained.
There’s nothing phony about it.
I always feel that the easiest path is the best one.
Jeet Kune-Do is just the straightforward expression of one’s sentiments with as little movements and energy as possible.
The closer you go to the actual style of Kung Fu, the less expression you waste.
Finally, a Jeet Kune Do practitioner who claims that Jeet Kune Do is entirely Jeet Kune Do is just not on board.
He is still hooked up on his self-closing resistance, which is now fastened down to a reactive pattern, and is naturally limited by another modified pattern and can only move within its bounds.
He hasn’t accepted the notion that truth exists outside of all molds; pattern and awareness are never mutually incompatible.
Again, Jeet Kune Do is only a term for a boat that is used to bring one across, and once across, it is to be discarded rather than carried on one’s back.
Bruce Lee’s
Philosophy of modern Jeet Kune Do
JKD as it exists now — if one considers it “refined” as a product rather than a process — is what was left after Bruce Lee’s death.
It is the product of Lee’s life-long martial arts development process.
Bruce Lee claimed that his notion is a winnowing out rather than a “adding to” of more and more items on top of each other to construct a system.
Lee took from Chan Buddhism the metaphor of repeatedly filling and then emptying a cup to describe his concept of “throwing aside what is worthless.”
He also applied the sculptor’s concept of starting with a lump of clay and chopping away at the “unessentials” until he arrived at what he called the basic combat necessities, or JKD.
Wing Chun inspired the fundamental ideas of JKD.
Centerline control, vertical punching, trapping, and forward pressure are all examples of this.
Lee blended principles from boxing and fencing into his personal studies and readings.
Later in the creation of Jeet Kune Do, he would broaden the art to incorporate personal growth as well as being a better combatant.
To demonstrate Lee’s point of view, in a 1971 Black Belt Magazine article, Lee stated: “Let me state unequivocally that I have NOT produced a new style, composite, or modification.
I have not established Jeet Kune Do as a distinct form regulated by regulations distinguishing it from ‘this’ style or ‘that’ approach.
On the contrary, I aim to liberate my compatriots from the shackles of fashions, trends, and beliefs.”
One of the JKD views is that a fighter should do whatever is necessary to protect oneself, regardless of the source of the tactics.
One of Lee’s aims with Jeet Kune Do was to dismantle what he saw as limiting aspects in traditional martial arts training and to pursue a fighting thesis that he felt could only be found in the reality of a battle.
Jeet Kune Do is now regarded as the origin of the present state of hybrid martial arts.
Jeet Kune Do not only encourages the blending of characteristics of several systems, but it may also adjust many of the aspects that it embraces to fit the practitioner’s ability.
Furthermore, JKD believes that every practitioner be permitted to interpret and adapt procedures for their own goals.
For example, Lee nearly always decided to put his strong hand in the “lead,” with his weaker hand back, and he employed components of Boxing, Fencing, and Wing Chun inside this posture.
He dubbed this stance the “On Guard” position, similar to how he dubbed fencing.
Lee used this posture in his JKD because he thought it gave the most overall mobility.
He believed that the dominant or strongest hand should take the lead since it would do the most of the work.
Except when circumstances demanded it, Lee avoided taking other viewpoints.
Although the On-Guard posture is a decent general stance, it is far from the only one.
He admitted that there were moments when different positions should have been used.
Lee believed that the dynamic nature of JKD allowed its practitioners to respond to the continual changes and fluctuations of live battle.
He thought that these judgments should be made in the context of “genuine battle” and/or “all out sparring,” and that only in this atmosphere could a method be deemed worthy of adoption.
Most traditional systems emphasize memorizing of solo training forms or “Kata” in their beginning-level training, however Bruce Lee did not.
He frequently equated practicing forms without an opponent to trying to learn to swim on dry soil.
Lee considered actual battle to be vibrant and active.
Because the circumstances of a battle change from millisecond to millisecond, pre-planned patterns and strategies are ineffective in coping with such a shifting situation.
As an example, Lee once composed an epitaph that said, ‘In remembrance of a once flowing man, crowded and warped by the classical jumble.’ In this case, Lee considered classical martial arts to be a “classical mess.”
Many people considered Bruce Lee’s statements and techniques to be controversial at the time, and they still are now.
Many conventional school professors disagreed with him on these topics.
Cross-training in Jeet Kune Do is analogous to the practice of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
Because of its syncretic character, many believe Jeet Kune Do to be the forerunner of MMA.
This is especially true with regard to the JKD “Combat Ranges.”
A JKD student is required to study different fighting systems within each combat range and to be effective in all of them.
PrinciplesLee integrated the following principles into Jeet Kune Do.
He believed they were universal battle principles that, if followed, would lead to military victory.
The “4 Combat Ranges,” in particular, were important to him in becoming a “complete” martial artist.
This is also the principle most closely connected to MMA.
JKD practitioners also believe that the greatest defense is a powerful offensive, which is why the “Intercepting” concept exists.
Lee thought that an opponent had to approach towards them in order to attack them.
This gave you the chance to “intercept” that assault or movement.
The idea of interception extends beyond intercepting physical attacks.
Many nonverbals and telegraphs (subtle actions that an opponent is unaware of) might be recognized or “intercepted” and therefore exploited to one’s advantage, according to Lee.
The “5 Ways of Attack” are attacking categories that assist Jeet Kune Do practitioners organize their fighting arsenal and make up the offensive component of JKD.
Stop hits and stop kicks, as well as simultaneous parrying and punching, are principles drawn from European Fencing and Wing Chun’s notion of simultaneous defending and striking, and form the defensive element of JKD.
Lee adapted these techniques for unarmed fighting and incorporated them into the JKD framework.
These ideas also supplement the other interception principle.
Be as fluid as water.
Lee thought that martial arts systems should be as adaptable as feasible.
He frequently used water as an example to explain why flexibility is a desirable characteristic in martial arts.
Water has limitless pliability.
It may be seen through at times, yet it can also conceal things from view.
It has the ability to divide and move around obstacles, reuniting on the other side, or it can smash through them.
Lee thought that a martial system should have these characteristics since it can destroy the toughest rocks by softly lapping at them or flow through the tiniest stone.
Because of this lack of flexibility, JKD students reject traditional training methodologies, combat techniques, and the Confucian teaching utilized in traditional kung fu schools.
JKD is said to be a dynamic notion that is always developing, making it incredibly adaptable.
“Absorb what is useful; discard what is unnecessary,” is a well-known Bruce Lee aphorism.
JKD students are encouraged to study all forms of warfare.
This is thought to broaden one’s understanding of various combat methods, both to add to one’s armory and to learn how to defend against such tactics.
Motion economy
JKD pupils are instructed not to squander time or movement.
When it comes to battle, JKD practitioners feel that the simplest methods are the most effective.
The concept of economy of motion is the means by which JKD practitioners accomplish the “efficiency” described in the three sections of JKD.
Using this concept saves energy as well as time.
Energy and time are two critical components of a physical encounter that, when used well, frequently leads to success.
In fighting scenarios, boosting one’s energy is advantageous in order to continue physical activity.
Similarly, reducing the time it takes to perform techniques by traversing less distance is advantageous since the opponent has less time to respond.
Stopping hits and stopping kicks
This entails counter-attacking an opponent’s attack rather than just blocking it.
According to JKD practitioners, this is the most hardest defensive technique to master.
This method is used in various traditional Chinese martial arts and is an important part of European épée fencing.
Stop strikes and kicks employ the idea of economy of motion by integrating attack and defense into a single action, hence decreasing the “time” component.
Concurrent parrying and punching
When confronted with an oncoming attack, the attack is parried or deflected while a counterattack is given.
Although not as advanced as a stop hit, it is more effective than blocking and counterattacking in succession.
Some Chinese martial arts also practice this.
Simultaneous parrying and punching employs the idea of motion economy by integrating attack and defense into two actions, so decreasing the “time” part while enhancing the “energy” aspect.
Using a parry rather than a block increases efficiency.
A “block” by definition stops an assault, whereas a “parry” just redirects an attack.
Redirection offers two benefits: It needs less energy to carry out.
By establishing an imbalance, it uses the opponent’s energy against them.
Efficiency is achieved since the opponent has less time to respond to the nullification of their assault while simultaneously having to defend against an incoming attack.
High kicks
JKD practitioners believe that their kicks should be directed at their opponent’s shins, knees, thighs, and midsection.
These targets are closer to the foot, offer more stability, and are more difficult to defend against.
However, like with other JKD concepts, nothing is “set in stone.”
Though an opportunity comes itself, even if it is above the waist, one may take advantage of it without feeling constrained by this concept.
Maintaining low kicks applies the concept of economy of motion by shortening the distance a kick must travel, hence lowering the “time” factor.
Low kicks are also more difficult to recognize and avoid.
The four combat ranges
Kicking
Punching
Trapping
Grappling
Mr. Jeet Kune Do students train equally in each of these ranges?
According to Lee, this variety of training distinguishes JKD from other martial systems.
According to Lee, most traditional martial schools, although not all, focus in training at one or two ranges.
The MMA Phases of Combat are essentially the same notion as the JKD combat ranges, hence Bruce Lee’s theories have been notably influential and verified in the field of Mixed Martial Arts.
As a historical note, the JKD ranges have developed throughout time.
Initially, ranges were classified as short or near, medium, and long.
[4] These terminology proved unclear and gradually developed into more descriptive versions, but some people may still favor the three categories.
Five Different Approaches
Singular Angle Attack (SAA)/Singular Direct Attack (SDA) (SDA).
Is a single action (punch or kick) that travels directly to the target on the cheapest path with no effort to disguise it.
It can also be indirect, with one line leading to the next.
For example, a blow to the stomach (midline) and ending on the chin (high line).
SAA is an unforeseen angle attack that is performed by moving in such a way as to create an open line into which to strike. Hand Immobilization Assault (HIA) and its cousin Foot Immobilization attack, which employ trapping/parrying to restrict the opponent’s function with that limb.
Indirect Progressive Attack (PIA).
Simulating an assault on one portion of the opponent’s body, then hitting another section to create an opportunity.
Combination Attacks (ABC).
This is the use of several fast attacks with a high volume of attack to defeat the opponent.
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Attack Through Drawing (ABD).
When utilizing attack by draw, the idea is to “pull” the opponent into a committed attack by enticing him into what appears to be an exposed target, then intercepting his/her motion.
One can do an action that encourages a counterattack, then counterattack them as he swallows the bait.
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[edit] JKD is divided into three parts. Practitioners of JKD think that approaches should have the following characteristics: Efficiency – An assault that uses the least amount of energy and applies it to a single place in the shortest length of time.
Directness is defined as doing what comes naturally in a taught manner.
Simplicity – Thinking in a straightforward manner; without embellishment.
Centerline
The centerline is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of one’s body.
The idea is to take advantage of, control, and dominate your opponent’s centerline.
All assaults, defenses, and footwork are intended to keep your own centerline open while opening your opponent’s.
Lee borrowed this principle from Wing Chun and applied it into JKD.
This idea is connected to keeping control of the central squares in the strategic game of chess.
The three centerline guidelines are as follows:
The battle will be won by whoever controls the centerline.
Maintain and protect your own centerline while controlling and exploiting your opponent’s.
By occupying the centerline, you can gain control of it.
Realistic combat
One of the ideas included by Bruce Lee in Jeet Kune Do was “combat realism.”
He insisted on including martial arts methods based on their usefulness in real-world combat scenarios.
This would set JKD apart from other systems that place a focus on “flowery technique,” as Lee would call it.
Lee noted that while dazzling “flowery methods” could “look wonderful,” they were frequently impractical or ineffectual in street survival and self-defense circumstances.
This idea would also set JKD apart from other “sport” focused martial arts schools centered toward “tournament” or “point systems.”
Lee believed that these methods were “artificial” and deluded their practitioners into believing they possessed actual martial proficiency.
Lee believed that because these systems promoted a “sports” approach, they integrated too many rule sets, which would eventually disadvantage a practitioner in self-defense circumstances.
He also believed that this approach to martial arts had devolved into a “tag game,” leading to negative behaviors such as pulling punches and other attacks, which would have terrible implications in real-world circumstances.
Because of this viewpoint, Lee used safety equipment from other contact sports to allow him to spar with opponents “full out.”
This method of training allows practitioners to get as near to real-world combat conditions as possible while maintaining a high level of safety.
Donn Draeger, a world-renowned martial arts pioneer, was the first Westerner to draw broad attention to the much-discussed “-do” vs “-jutsu” debate.
Historically, the “do” or method arts were based on “jutsu” or technique arts that did not include “hazardous techniques.”
As a result, “do” arts like Judo were viewed as a “watered down” version of its “jutsu” equivalents like Ju-Jutsu, a combat-tested martial art, and therefore deemed a sport.
Lee was opposed to these “sport” forms of martial arts, preferring to emphasize battle realism.
Taking in what is useful
This is the notion that methods can only be learned in their right context through a holistic approach.
Styles include training methodologies, philosophies, and mental attitudes in addition to skills.
Learning all of these elements helps a learner to experience a system in its “totality,” as Lee put it.
It is only in its whole that one may “digest what is useful.”
Applying what is learnt in real combat training settings lets the learner to determine what works and what does not work for them.
It is at this moment that the useless may be discarded.
The key aspect of this approach is that the decision to maintain anything is dependent on personal testing with varied opponents throughout time.
It is not predicated on how a technique seems or feels, or how well it is executed.
In the end, if a method is not useful in fighting, it is abandoned.
Lee thought that only by critical self examination and “honestly expressing oneself; without lying to oneself” could an individual come to realize what worked for them.
STRONG, PATRICK
He is a former pupil of Bruce Lee, the Master of the Martial Arts.
I’m convinced he’s the real deal.
Patrick Strong’s UNDERESTIMATED BRUCE LEE (Original Bruce Lee Student)
I just received news from a European writer who has done several pieces on Jeet Kune Do and, having known many of JKD’s best practitioners, is now working on a book about Bruce Lee and his Jeet Kune Do.
I appreciated the conversation, but something about the writer’s reporting bothered me.
It was the idea that Bruce Lee was overrated.
How many times have I read the same thing on different JKD forums?
My reaction was just the opposite.
I argued that Bruce was not overvalued, but rather vastly UNDERESTIMATED! I went on to explain that Bruce has never been properly recognized for the TRUE DEPTH of his KNOWLEDGE.
He has been credited with an incredible display of talents, breaking tradition, and the formation of a new martial art; and although these notions can be appreciated and are undoubtedly accurate, they are, at best, quite superficial.
In reality, Bruce took a scientific approach to martial arts, beginning with a verified corpus of knowledge that contained a slew of pragmatic concepts and stunning mechanical benefits.
As a researcher, he was interested not only in experimenting with new ideas and concepts, but also in putting them to the test and proving them.
As a young Wing Chun Gun Fu student, he was motivated to demonstrate that what he learned in the kwoon would work on the street.
In Hong Kong, Bruce Lee, his close friend and training partner Hawkins Cheung, and a few other young men earned the well-deserved moniker “The Rooftop Fighters.”
When they weren’t fighting on the street, Bruce and Hawkins would go out of their way to meet other stylists on a rooftop or in a hidden garage, as street fights were forbidden in Hong Kong.
When any of them encountered an issue during a battle, they would not stop until they worked out how to overcome it.
Fortunately, they had two excellent sources from which to draw.
There was Wong Sheung Leung (also nicknamed as “Crazy Leung” by Hawkins), the most infamous battler of the Wing Chun clan and one of the original Rooftop Fighters.
Leung was older than Bruce and Hawkins, yet he was taken with them.
In turn, Bruce and Hawkins hung around with Leung to learn everything they could about actual warfare.
Leung had earned such respect as a fighter that, despite being a wing chun practitioner, fighters from other systems accepted him as a referee even while battling Wing Chun practitioners.
At the same time, Bruce and Hawkins would go to Master, Yip Man, who would examine their questions and provide them unique tips to take into the street behind closed doors.
Bruce packed his belongings and departed Hong Kong with a one-of-a-kind fighting talent based on a set of very unusual concepts and mechanics.
They were so distinctive that martial artists in America would be astounded by his efficiency.
Bruce did a demonstration at Edison Technical School in Seattle in 1959, when he met James DeMille, a former US Army Heavy Weight boxing champion with over 100 ring matches.
At 225 pounds, James was a well-known and feared street fighter, but he was no match for Bruce, who weighed roughly 135 pounds and could tie him up and shut him down in an instant.
I recall when a karate sensei from Japan came over and challenged Bruce to a fight.
Following the battle, the Sensei described his injuries as the result of a vehicle accident.
According to reports, Bruce was dissatisfied with his performance following his fight with Won Jack Man, which is why he decided to modify his art.
I recall having supper with Bruce not long after the fight.
He was happy with himself at the time, since Won Jack Man was so tough to strike because he kept moving and twisting away from Bruce’s attack.
It wasn’t until Bruce caught up to Man that they tumbled to the ground and Bruce completed the battle.
Knowing Bruce, I give Won Jack Man a lot of respect for his evasion talents.
I believe he was wise not to stand his position against someone like Bruce.
At the time, Bruce believed in terminating the battle quickly, inside the first few seconds.
However, the fight continued for a while, with Bruce following his opponent with chain blows (straight blast).
Anyone who has ever thrown a slew of chain punches understands how fast they weary, because the exercise needs the use of Type II, Fast Twitch B muscular fibers for explosive outburst.
Those fibers indeed fatigue quickly before giving way to Type II, Fast Twitch A fibers, which likewise tire quickly.
Nonetheless, the outcome of a fairly extended fight would have been sufficient reason for Bruce Lee to reconsider his strategy.
Obviously, he saw it as a problem and, as in the past, went out to address it.
I’ve previously described how, in 1964, Ed Parker hosted his first International Karate Tournament in Long Beach, inviting a young and practically unknown Bruce Lee to attend and display his gung fu.
Ed had set aside a specific room for his demonstrations and forms rivals to practice in.
Sensei Oshima, a direct descendant of Funakoshi, was in the room assessing the potential.
Sensei, Oshima was accompanied by his highest ranked black belt, Caylor Atkins, a legend in his own right, who told me this story.
At the time, neither Oshima nor Caylor, nor anybody else in the audience, had heard of Bruce Lee.
Only Ed Parker was aware of Bruce’s incredible economies of motion, speed, and power.
When Oshima and Atkins were standing in the center of the room, Oshima’s gaze was drawn to an attractive young man.
As Bruce passed, Oshima pointed to him and exclaimed, “That one.. He is the only one here who can accomplish anything”! Despite never having seen Bruce Lee, Oshima was able to discern the young man’s talent simply by the way he conducted himself.
This was 1964, my buddies.
The term “Jeet Kune Do” had not yet been coined.
Bruce and Hawkins went to learn with an old guy who had mastered a number of gung fu forms just before leaving Hong Kong.
Bruce was just nineteen years old when he departed Hong Kong, but he had already established himself as a martial artist and combatant.
In Seattle, he would train with an elderly guy who had been a member of a Chinese dance group (gung fu) and would take on all challenges whenever the troupe visited a new town.
The old guy was a Master of Red Boat Wing Chun, among other things.
Bruce was already fairly remarkable.
At 135 pounds, he could easily handle a 225-pound U.S. Army Heavy Weight Boxing Champion/street fighter, not to mention the other four boxers and three judoka, one of them was a U.S.Judo Champion, Charlie Woo.
However, it is Bruce the martial artist, not Bruce the combatant, who I believe is underappreciated.
Bruce was underestimated because his degree of expertise was underestimated.
Whatever people think of JKD, I can guarantee them that Bruce’s own JKD included a lot more than powerful side forward, straight lead, straight blast, some footwork, kicking, timing, and so on.
Much more, indeed! One of my favorite statements in the Tao of Jeet Kune Do is on page 24: “It is not difficult to trim and cut off the non-essentials in external physical structure; but, to shun away, to decrease internally is another issue.”
“Inwardly,” Bruce wrote.
For most of his own training, he had to go deep within himself.
It was not skill that was important, but how the tools operated in respect to the body’s structure.
He had to experience, examine, and analyze to go this deep.
He needed to focus his research on himself in order to discover how to optimize forces without relying on bodily power.
He taught himself how to maximize power by using the short arcs of the joints, tendons, and bones.
He omitted intention from his first movement since it would slow him down.
He removed option reaction since it not only slowed his pace but also cost him the crucial beat in his timing.
Instead, he would delegate decision-making to his opponent.
This was the basis for what he dubbed his “Fistic Law,” which is a valuable study in and of itself.
Bruce had gone within to learn how to de-stress.
Tension at the wrong time might become a devastating weapon in the hands of your opponent.
A tight arm, shoulder, or body might behave like a t-cup handle, offering your opponent a weapon to interrupt you.
Bruce’s strategy was to develop a tool in his opponent rather than a handle within himself.
How many times have I heard expert martial artists and even kinesologists explain Bruce Lee’s incredible speed to superior genetics, arguing that he was born wealthy with the appropriate sort of muscle fibers?
Nothing could be farther from the truth, though.
Bruce Lee, to be sure, was faster than imagined.
Aside from the fact that he was in a trained level of physical condition, his lightning speed was not the product of a genetically mandated proportion of distinct types of muscle fibers.
Rather, his speed was the direct product of his own internal discoveries, along with unique martial ideas and mechanics.
Bruce smacks the young monk on the forehead in Enter the Dragon, instructing him to feel or he would miss all of that wonderful splendour.
Hawkins Cheung refers to Bruce as “the fastest gun combatant.”
Bruce was already greased lightning when he arrived in the United States.
Consider the following speeds: start speed, body speed, hand speed, and reaction speed.
Bruce’s greatest speed was his initial speed.
Surprisingly, it is the initial speed where others lag.
Start speed is how quickly you can go from zero.
In the sequence with O’hara in Enter the Dragon, Bruce exhibits his start speed (Bob Wall).
The editor who trimmed the film repeatedly examined the footage and was unable to determine the beginning of Bruce’s movement.
It was as though Bruce had completed without ever starting.
He had just arrived! Bruce had quick hands and a quick response time, but he wasn’t the quickest.
His quick hands were the consequence of sound concepts and technique, but his response time was mostly determined by his ability to interpret his opponent’s purpose.
According to Joe Lewis, Bruce was the quickest guy who ever stood before him.
I can vouch to this after 41 years of martial arts practice.
Bruce and his old friend Hawkins were able to spend some time together just before Bruce’s death.
Of course, every second was devoted to their passion for combat.
Bruce briefed Hawkins on his personal progress, as he had done previously.
Finally, Hawkins inquired as to what JKD was. “Pak sao and hip,” Bruce added with a smirk.
Hip and pak sao! That was Bruce’s description of Jeet Kune Do to his close buddy and long-time training partner, in Cantonese, and at a mutually extremely high level that few could reach to, or even begin to grasp.
So, what exactly is pak sao? Pak sao translates as “slapping hand.”
Pak, on the other hand, does not smack at all.
In actuality, the pak sao approach requires a vast number of knowledge mastered via strict attention to detail.
Be aware that pak and slap do not share the same energy or even the same outcomes.
You can smack someone, but not Bruce.
His name was Pak! Nonetheless, in wing chun, pak sao has another connotation.
It is in this sense that Bruce expressed when he described Jeet Kune Do as “pak sao and hip.”
The essence of Pak sao is to intercept.
As a result, the moniker Jeet Kune Do, or The Way of the Intercepting Fist, was born.
Actually, there are only three possible interceptions.
Before, during, or after the opponent’s beat
This is referred to as a half-beat ahead, same beat, or half-beat behind.
Going a half-beat ahead is going at his aim before he fires his muscles.
It signifies to stop his movement in pak sao.
It implies to QUIT HIM! Jeet can also be translated as “to cut off.”
This was Bruce Lee’s number one expertise.
Bruce may stop you before you could go.
You couldn’t begin because he struck just as you were about to begin.
To start at the same time as your opponent, you must go at the same beat.
The interception occurs around halfway between you and your opponent, a bit ahead or behind depending on your respective speeds.
Now is an excellent moment to avoid, collide, jam, disintegrate, and disrupt.
Slipping, countering, and aiming for a takedown all benefit from being a half-beat behind.
All fall under the umbrella of pak sao.
These three timings serve as the foundation for the Five Ways of Attack.
Going between the beats means going behind one beat and ahead of the next.
“pak sao and hip,” Bruce remarked.
So, what did he mean by “hip”? The hip motion and the mechanics that affect it are based on a distinct set of concepts learnt and studied in Wing Chun.
Some claim that Bruce Lee abandoned his Wing Chun practice.
They say this because they can’t see the Wing Chun within his Jeet Kune Do.
Nonetheless, the Wing Chun is present.
And it was palpable! Bruce’s Wing Chun was distinguished by its concepts and mechanics.

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