Gems from one of the best. Thanks Guru Breen!

When Guru Breen talks concepts and principles I listen intently. A true master of the martial arts!

Great video! Its been a while since I saw this one. Thanks.

As they say, "Every thrust has a slash and every slash has a thrust".

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Its not a common but a lot of families in the country side of the Philippines have these blades as family heirlooms, I myself had several passed down to me from my ancestors, a pinuti, ginunting, karamabit, panay tenegre, talibong, and a kampilan. About two thirds of these where used in during the Spanish revolution and the second world war. The blades have a distinct clan engravings of my family in the guards, hilts and the scabbards, also the hilts are made of carabao horn and the scabbards are made out of kamagong wood. Same as the tradition of Ghurkas to the khukri, the blades should taste blood whenever it is pulled out and here I am with multiple scars on my palms.

Great interview!

all i see nowadays were pangguna, bolo, pinote and kitchen knives... nothing that kinds

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Irish stick has nothing to do with fencing, the shillelagh is a weapon not a training analogue for swords or knives.

Awesome interview John!!!🙏🙏🙏

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Hi John, I enjoyed your interview, and especially for your more recent appreciation for Blackthorn Walking Sticks/ EDC Self Defense Tools. 🙂 Similar to you, I have accumulated many also, but I think I had a head start on you because I've been a bit addicted for over 12 years or so. My preference is for a natural bark finish, although I do own a few with black coatings (paint usually), but some of them (antique examples), got that dark finish the original way of placing them high up in a chimney to help speed the drying process. Most made today with a black finish are simply painted on, to mimic the older sticks from chimney treatments. The funny thing is, several of my most beautiful natural bark finished Blackthorn have been purchased having been painted on black along the shaft, and after careful and time-consuming stripping with a paint remover, rinsing and drying over several days, and applying 7-12 coats of an oil finish such as boiled linseed oil or tung oil,... feel wonderful in the hand and look amazing! I even have a few crook-style Blackthorn "canes", which you don't see too often because of the nature of the wood. Being very dense with close grain structure, they tend to crack putting a traditionally pronounced "crook" onto them more than oak and hickory, or other hardwoods more commonly available in the USA and bent into crook canes. Oh,... one important point I wanted to mention is regarding your application of key techniques from a variety of martial arts styles. (Starting @14:52 ... to about a minute later ) You may already know this but others may not; you are in very good company, my friend! Bruce Lee did just that himself, picking out exceptionally "effective" techniques from many differing traditional martial art styles. He didn't care about maintaining a specific style, ONLY that he could win as quickly as possible because he wasn't a big man physically. So he had to get-er-done and concentrated on what worked the best for him. Trial and error experimentation, along with grueling training routines and practice,... he gleaned the BEST from many MA styles. Not much to argue with there, in the reality of TCOB in the streets. Cheers, Joseph Tousignant Ti Rod Tactical

This is super informational !!! Looking forward to learning Irish stick fighting from you 🎯

From what he says I can hear many similarities with JKD and AIkido the idea of fencing being used to understand body mechanics from a distance is similar to using the bokken and jo in AIkido , that's exactly it's purpose. Very interesting thank you for doing this

Paul Maslak author of scientific fighting explained it this way in how to choose your art 1)shorter stronger/ offensive infighting/jammer 2)Taller stronger/offensive outfighting/ sharpshooter 3)taller weaker/defensive outfighting /runner 4)smaller weaker/defensive infighting/counter fighter And I would say 1)Tiger.2)Leopard.3)Crane.4)Snake Physically Equal - 5)Dragon

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I love Bobs work Give credit when credit due 45 years l been training and happy to say Bob is one of the best. This lecture is priceless. Thanks Bob

Great martial artist 👍👍👍👍

Ask him.to show you his certificate that's not going to happen because he's not certified by anyone

Some joke , not certified. To teach jkd what would he know about jkd

Well said , Well done Sifu !! Jeet kune Do forever - @bleejkd - Jesse Glover - Bruce Lee The Legend The Best Ever .. Jeet Kune Do is not a sport !! Simply put , Its Deadly and Highly Effective !!!

You sir are correct.. look a Jesse Glover. He only had a small amount of techniques it was all that is needed.

How times you battled with bully at street???

Tommy is great. If you never trained with him or under him, you won't understand what he mean in this interview about distance to target, and target to distance. He did put a lifetime in this concept

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Nice interview ....Hope you are doing well Tommy...Hope all things go good for you.....No hard feelings ok......What can I say ? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU TAUGHT ME IN JKD......Good luck in your efforts to preserve Bruce's Art....You once described on your page both you & me as two of 'the few' as with the R.A.F in 1940 who despite small numbers fought on to win. Despite the odds. That is the mindset & the road which must be taken with JKD....In the words of Churchill we must take a stand and march on regardless to victory,,however long and hard the road may be..... so we can march on to the broad sunlit uplands where the new dawn breaks and lights up the land. Take care Squadron Leader.

Thanks so much

Awesome!! thanks so much for this wisdom

Excellent interview by brother John!! Definitely an old school instructor who's been around the way.

Awesome Master Kovacs💪🏼🥋

Sorry, but did he actually answer the question? How many Tuhons are there in the system and are they not capable of passing on the majority of techniques in the system? He is after all the one who promoted them to these positions. Some may have learned at different progressions of the art/system and have a varied perspective on their teaching methodologies based on what they received from their time in training with him. What exactly are they stealing?

Good sound coaching is what fighters need, and Gerry you are the one coach I would trust all day everyday. Good comments too, and it just makes me appreciate the sport of boxing even more when i listen to people who love the sport more than they life itself.