Ideo-motor Set-up for Training
(Originally posted on Facebook September, 2011) The image which you hold in your mind about a movement greatly influences the structure of the movement. The sensations that you focus on during the performance of a movement is of crucial importance in determining the actual form of the movement. If you change the area of focus through what is known as the “ideo-motor set-up”, you will change the structure of the movement and modify the technique. Ideo-motor set-up, as defined
Was Bruce Lee Against "Forms"?
Numerous blogs and articles have been appearing recently concerning JKD, Bruce Lee, and the practice of forms. Most of them have dealt with the practice of a form known as the “Ung Moon Form” (which I wrote a short blog about awhile ago). I thought it might be helpful to post a copy of one of Sifu Dan Inosanto’s articles from a column he wrote for Inside Kung Fu magazine some time ago. In it he discusses not only Bruce’s attitude toward forms, but also his own attitude towar
Generation X...or Y...or Z?
I wrote this blog awhile ago but I decided to repost it after receiving word that a particular JKD instructor asked someone who was certified as an instructor by someone else, "What are you under him for? Why don't you come under me? I'm a first generation guy." Here is the original blog: Someone wrote to me the other day concerning the idea of “lineage” in JKD, and questioning what “generation” they were. They told me that they assumed that they were one generation whereas s
A Matter of Interpretation
Jeet Kune Do is a single art, but it expresses it self in many ways. Tim Tackett and I wrote about this subject in our book, “Jeet Kune Do Kickboxing.” When you are studying JKD with someone, do not make the mistake of thinking that because your instructor may teach you slightly differently than another instructor, that you are not learning, “authentic” Jeet Kune Do, or vice versa. My objective here is not to get into a discussion as to what might or might not be deemed “auth
