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Ash...show me where Dan has said that "Bruce would not have taken JKD in the same direction I have"... I have never heard him say that nor read where he has said that...what I have heard him say and have read where he has said when asked about this is... if Bruce was alive today his JKD would look totally different than it did when he was alive because he was always adding to it and stripping it down and making sure it was combat ready, he was a great researcher. If you can show me written proof where Dan said what you claim he has said then please post it.
Also, as for Dan being called Guro...that is Filipino for teacher which is the same as Sifu which is Chinese for teacher. He is calle dSifu by some and Guro by others and when he is working with Silat he is called something else that is no big deal.
Again you are wrong in saying that "Dan says to learn the whole art"...this is total BS. Anyone who has ever trained with Dan knows this is crap. Dan never preaches to anyone that they need to learn all of any system...he will say that it is good to learn the basics and have a working knowledge of bjj, muay thai, kali...etc. but not to learn the whole art.
Also, just so you know Dan does know Capoeira and for a long time had a guy teaching it at his school.
If you look on Dan's shirts or his website and look at all the logos you will see:
Jun Fan/Jeet Kune Do (now says The Martial Legacy, The Intercepting Way- still uses Yin/Yang Symbol)
Shoot Wrestling
Kenpo Jiu Jitsu
CSW (Combat Submission Wrestling)
Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Filipino Kali Eskrima Silat
Malaysian Bersilat
Muay Thai Kickboxing
Krabi Krabong (weapon based part of thai boxing)
Majapahit Martial Arts
Mande Muda Pencak Silat
French Savate
The above arts are all taught at the Inosanto Academy...but guess what he DOES NOT BLEND THEM ALL TOGETHER AND CALL IT JUN FAN/JEET KUNE DO or even Jeet Kune Do!
He has different people teaching the different arts at his school, he does teach alot of these himself but does not call them JKD. Each has its own respective class and time. He teaches Jun Fan in the Jun Fan class and you learn Jun Fan. As Dan says you can not learn, know or understand fully Jeet Kune Do without having a complete understanding of Jun Fan. You can not have one without the other. Does his JKD have more grappling styles in it than Bruce did when he was alive? Yes but why. When Bruce was alive he had 33 formal grappling techniques that he would train and teach which he got mostly from Professor Wally Jay (small circle Jiu Jitsu) and Judo Gene LeBell. He did incorperate grappling in his JKD when he was alive...no way around it. Dan and Larry has added more grappling to there JKD no way around that either. They will tell you where they got the material from and they will also tell you where the material from Bruce stoped at. They are very clear about this.
Again you say whatever Dan tells his students/instructors to learn they do...this is wrong as well. He does not tell his instructors nor does he require his instructors learn any certain arts. He leaves that entirely up to them. If they ask him about a certain art he will give his opinion then encourage them to research it themselves. I know this from first hand experience.
About the above arts represented at Sifu Dan's school....do you really think he teaches shoot wrestling or combat submission wrestling to his students and say "this is all part of Bruce's JKD. Since Shoot wrestling was not over hear in the U.S. until the early 90's. Yori Nakamura came to Dan from Japan to learn JKD in exchange for Shoot Wrestling...Dan let him start teaching it at his school. Erik Paulson founded Combat Submission Wrestling in the late 90's early 2000's...
And you still have not answered my question or the question from Garland or Excessive Force. Who do you train with? where does you great knowledge come from? how long have you trained in JFJKD? and why do you not use your real name on these forums? and why do you not go ahead and fill out your martial arts bio for all to see and have a better understanding of where you are coming from.
Also, as for Dan being called Guro...that is Filipino for teacher which is the same as Sifu which is Chinese for teacher. He is calle dSifu by some and Guro by others and when he is working with Silat he is called something else that is no big deal.
Again you are wrong in saying that "Dan says to learn the whole art"...this is total BS. Anyone who has ever trained with Dan knows this is crap. Dan never preaches to anyone that they need to learn all of any system...he will say that it is good to learn the basics and have a working knowledge of bjj, muay thai, kali...etc. but not to learn the whole art.
Also, just so you know Dan does know Capoeira and for a long time had a guy teaching it at his school.
If you look on Dan's shirts or his website and look at all the logos you will see:
Jun Fan/Jeet Kune Do (now says The Martial Legacy, The Intercepting Way- still uses Yin/Yang Symbol)
Shoot Wrestling
Kenpo Jiu Jitsu
CSW (Combat Submission Wrestling)
Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Filipino Kali Eskrima Silat
Malaysian Bersilat
Muay Thai Kickboxing
Krabi Krabong (weapon based part of thai boxing)
Majapahit Martial Arts
Mande Muda Pencak Silat
French Savate
The above arts are all taught at the Inosanto Academy...but guess what he DOES NOT BLEND THEM ALL TOGETHER AND CALL IT JUN FAN/JEET KUNE DO or even Jeet Kune Do!
He has different people teaching the different arts at his school, he does teach alot of these himself but does not call them JKD. Each has its own respective class and time. He teaches Jun Fan in the Jun Fan class and you learn Jun Fan. As Dan says you can not learn, know or understand fully Jeet Kune Do without having a complete understanding of Jun Fan. You can not have one without the other. Does his JKD have more grappling styles in it than Bruce did when he was alive? Yes but why. When Bruce was alive he had 33 formal grappling techniques that he would train and teach which he got mostly from Professor Wally Jay (small circle Jiu Jitsu) and Judo Gene LeBell. He did incorperate grappling in his JKD when he was alive...no way around it. Dan and Larry has added more grappling to there JKD no way around that either. They will tell you where they got the material from and they will also tell you where the material from Bruce stoped at. They are very clear about this.
Again you say whatever Dan tells his students/instructors to learn they do...this is wrong as well. He does not tell his instructors nor does he require his instructors learn any certain arts. He leaves that entirely up to them. If they ask him about a certain art he will give his opinion then encourage them to research it themselves. I know this from first hand experience.
About the above arts represented at Sifu Dan's school....do you really think he teaches shoot wrestling or combat submission wrestling to his students and say "this is all part of Bruce's JKD. Since Shoot wrestling was not over hear in the U.S. until the early 90's. Yori Nakamura came to Dan from Japan to learn JKD in exchange for Shoot Wrestling...Dan let him start teaching it at his school. Erik Paulson founded Combat Submission Wrestling in the late 90's early 2000's...
And you still have not answered my question or the question from Garland or Excessive Force. Who do you train with? where does you great knowledge come from? how long have you trained in JFJKD? and why do you not use your real name on these forums? and why do you not go ahead and fill out your martial arts bio for all to see and have a better understanding of where you are coming from.
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