Killer Long Knees - Core Jeet Kune Do

[@sajspeed69]

That was awesome,cant wait for sparring days at my gym.

[@jaouedmory6156]

nice lesson

[@editiomm]

very educational and effective video

[@Timonsaylor]

I have to ask, how do you organize training around so many different arts and tactics? Seems like kicking/boxing/trapping/grappling/weapons/range transitioning would be a lot to swallow as far as developing a personal program or curriculum

[@corejkd]

Great question, thank you. I'm currently writing a new blog for the corejkd.com site that will answer your question in detail. Too little space here for the answer-and I can't post graphics to help show it. I'll post the link here when it's done, probably sometime next week.

[@corejkd]

Here's the blog for you: corejkd.com/core-jkd-secrets-of-training/

[@m33kzking]

I have a saying i used in sparring, legs for lower body, hands for upper body. In lethwei, our coach basically said to take out the legs so the upper body is as low as the lower body. The way I through knees in straight, similar to yours however I don't hinge my hip because of the usage of energy and wasted movement unless i was making space in the clinch. Thoughts?

[@corejkd]

Thank you for your question, Mark. Your saying is spot on. We have a similar one, something I’ve been telling students for almost 20 years: let the upper body take care of the upper body, the lower body take care of the lower. The expression of the hips is a powerful extension of the body and of your attacking tool. There’s a huge difference between the power and penetration into the target when you train for this vs. traditional knees or knees that don't have hip travel. Getting the hips back is for the purpose of creating space (which you immediately fill with the knee) AND for the purpose of adding travel to the knee on execution. It’s like adding another 2+ feet distance to send your hip momentum into. This creating of space also allows for keeping the knee in a straight line parallel to the ground, meaning you have greater potential of actually compressing the knee toward the opponent’s spine. I understand your thoughts on use of energy, but when this is trained as 2nd nature, the energy expenditure is minimal compared to the power output you generate-and the effect you have on your opponent.

[@m33kzking]

I understand, sir. It makes total sense, I have used the push/pull method in thai knees esp in cqc like the plum clinch, where we drive the opponent's equilbrium back to create the sapce and pulling them in while simultaneously driving the knee forward(2 opposing forces colliding). Really appreciate your content and what you bring to combatives and martial arts.

[@corejkd]

You're welcome. It's obvious you know your stuff. Glad I could respond, and thank you.