While many say Sijo Bruce Lee discarded all forms by the time he developed his system of Jeet Kune Do, the truth is there were forms. or more specifically sets, taught by him during the Los Angeles Chinatown-era. My teacher, Sifu Tim ...
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There are a lot of opinions of whether Kata (or forms) and traditional martial arts are worth practicing… particularly these days with the MMA, Muay Thai, BJJ and other combat sports taking the limelight. Many are in the camp of thinking that traditional ...
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When I began boxing and later Jeet Kune Do, you’d often hear people talk about “throwing a fake” or “just feint a movement”… and to me the terms seemed to be used interchangeably and to mean the same thing. Only years later, ...
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During my Chinese Boxing and Kempo Karate classes we often discuss different topics, and the other day we spoke about awareness. The discussion started as a discussion on the “fighting measure” in Chinese Boxing (more specifically in Jeet Kune Do). The ‘fighting measure’ is the ...
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While there are many systems using Kempo and the alternate Kenpo spelling, there seems to be some misconceptions in regards to the term Kenpo vs. Kempo as it pertains to systems with a lineage to the Hawaiian Karate / Self-Defense traditions; e.g. ...
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