![]() ![]() JKD emphasizes fighting without preconceived forms or patterns that is so imminent in most traditional martial arts. Jeet Kune Do was created with realism in mind and was fueled partially by Bruce Lee’s early childhood in which he had many fights in the streets of Hong Kong. Jeet Kune Do (JKD) is a martial that was created by the infamous Bruce Lee. Therefore, it has created an incentive system that relies too much on feints and fancy kicks, and not enough on practicality. In sports TKD, punches are rarely (if ever) thrown and kicks below the waist are not allowed. The sport aspect of the TKD has made it a little less practical for a street fight. But there are drawbacks-the high flying kicks seen in TKD can be extremely dangerous in the streets, especially if someone were to face a wrestler who can disturb your base and take you down. Although there are a lot of flaws in sports TKD, an experience practitioner will have the leg dexterity to land quick kicks against an assailant. Tae kwon do (TKD) is a martial arts that with heavy concentration on kicks. Linear movement in a street fight can actually be a hindrance because your opponent will most likely also fight linearly-thereby making it a fight of attrition and giving your opponent a puncher’s chance. The problem I foresee with Wing Chun in a street fight is that the system places too much emphasis on linear movement. ![]() Some of the techniques are definitely effective. ![]() I took some Wing Chun in my early 20s and currently use some of the hand trapping techniques in sparring. Wing Chun practitioners can often been seen practicing on wooden dummies to improve their skills. Because it is a “southern style” Chinese martial art, Wing Chun places heavy emphasis on fist and palm strikes, as opposed to “northern style” Chinese martial arts, which emphasize kicking more. The system emphasizes close-range rapid attacks in succession and places heavy emphasis on hand trapping. Wing Chun is a Chinese martial art with specialization in close-range combat and made popular by Yip Man /Ip Man. ![]()
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