JKD Is NOT MMA - But What's The Difference?

Many consider JKD as a forerunner of MMA and a lot of people even train JKD literally as moving from one style to another, depending on the distance. But JKD has no style, it adapts to any situation not by mimicking the opponent, but by using the principles of directness, simplicity and economy of movement.
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[@therealawakener7]

The difference is simple, MMA has controlled brutality (sport) and JKD is just brutality (real combat). Enough said.

[@thomasthorne4010]

You are INDEED the encyclopedia of JKD !!! Another g4rar class. Thank you for your wisdom. " Never fear the man that has practiced 1,000 kicks once. Fear the man that has practiced one kick a THOUSAND times "

[@noschervanhodjaty9658]

Great!There are even original JKD-instructors,who are enthusiastic about MMA!JKD was created to intercept all those arts, which are used in MMA.

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

Yes, you intercept the intended motion, not the style. You do not fight a style with that style..

[@Lasombrosidad]

​@@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO the interception is a great strategy, but how must act a JKD fighter when he or she fails in the interception,? maybe because the attacker hits behind

[@KarimDavisFilms]

As always, great explanation coach!

[@christhecelt]

Nicely explained, and demonstrated to the point. Many Thanks 👍🏻

[@tonyjkd8010]

Excellent clarification. So many people think otherwise. Bruce Lee would be so proud of intercepting Fist Organization. Simple Direct and Efficient. Thank you for sharing Excellent and accurate information.

[@ChadeGB]

JKD is seen today (and was proposed by Bruce Lee) as more of a philosophy for fighting. "Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own." That is the philosophy and it represents exactly what MMA does. MMA is the evolution of Jeet Kune Do, albeit not the style Bruce used.

[@Xannyphantom905]

I don't see how it's not the same style when Bruce Lee practiced all the styles Cage fighters practice. The bouncy footwork is the only difference and he got that from a boxer.

[@borbolensborbolens5640]

JKD can be adjusted to fit MMA rules.There should be a JKD representative by now.

[@SuperMaryu767]

@borbolensborbolens5640 If JKD was adjusted to MMA rules then it would not be JKD. What makes JKD is exactly what the UFC bans and it wouldn’t be much of a fight to watch if the opponent is destroyed via broken leg in the first 30 seconds. Bruce described his fighting approach as "efficient street fighting with everything goes."

[@patrickshelvey4666]

Brilliant 👍👍

[@QuickmixProductions]

Every Video is a Hit!

[@KarimDavisFilms]

Multiple hits 😂

[@YungJayDaRBL]

I was gonna say cuz they’re similarities between the two but completely different at the same time

[@ccm115]

Many people like to confuse or compare Jeet Kune Do with mma. In fact, these people are simply nonsense,thank you for telling the truth sifu thomas !

[@ccm115]

@@walterevans2118 These people are just assholes !

[@johnabrams8148]

Excellent. Does anyone know his quote about the spirit becoming the warrior?

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

No...

[@johnabrams8148]

I think he meant that at a certain level you no longer need do anything. Just let it happen. No way as way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKpd3mloqhlbtU

[@gianlucam.7361]

Sifu any way to train with your style in Geneva?

[@lusitanus6504]

Check Tommy Carruthers website. There is a listing there of instructors.

[@gianlucam.7361]

@@lusitanus6504 thanks I did but there I can find only the Glasgow classes and the online ones. I'll drop a message on the site

[@lusitanus6504]

@@gianlucam.7361 Look for "Seminars". When you click there are "JKD groups". If you cant find a group near you you can learn from Seminars and online lessons and open your own group after you get tested in person by Tommy Carruthers. I have been learning thru online lessons. I Will go to a seminar in Glasgow every year and get tested so I can open an oficial group as an instructor. You can also check out Jason Koroll's Greenville academy of Martial Arts. He teaches the same basic style of JkD. He has online lessons that are a good complement of Tommy's online jkd club. Cheers from Portugal.

[@lusitanus6504]

@@walterevans2118 I havent bought any courses of Jason but I bought most of his books and watched most of his videos. He is also a boxing coach and from what I have seen so far of him and from Tommy`s online lessons that I had access so far, it seems that Tommy goes more indepth and Jason sticks to what Ted Wong taught him. It seems Tommy is more sophisticated and versatile but the basics seem to be done the same with both. I dont think learning from both is a bad idea because they dont seem to contradict each other, but yes, I agree that you should stick to Tommys teachings to be safe.

[@maximumhate666]

Well, still waiting for training to become available again. Seems Bruce didn’t consider tactics against Covid back then...

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

There are enough things you can train and refine by yourself. You see, people who think training can be only done in a gym environment with other people, they usually don't get far enough. A lot of thingws are only to by done by individual refinement. Partner training is only a part of the whole training.

[@dilshankavinda9911]

There's no need to discuss jkd is not mma jkd practitioner can adopt any situation cause he has no style and no limitation...that's the difference

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

The only way to adapt to someone's fighting style that you are not familliar with is to learn the nature of that style and make it a part of your arsenal. Even Bruce have to learn some judo and wrestling to understand the danger of grappling

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

In other words, you grapple a grappler, box a boxer and kick a teakwoodo man?

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

@@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO no, that's not what i mean. See the UFC1 for example, it has almost no rules like the old Vale Tudo, the strikers who are used to only kicking and punching people got crushed everytime Royce shoot for the double leg and choked them out, they don't understand what's going on because they have never seen that before. And people created multiple strategy to counter "the Gracie takedown" yet none suceed because they don't understand how grappling works Today strikers don't even like grappling but they learn some basic grappling for 1 purpose, to defend against the grappler attacks, to stand up and throw strikes again.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

I understand what you mean in those anti grappling videos of yours, yet that mindset created because you live in a time where everyone who trained martial art know how dangerous grappling is. Mind point is simple, understand grappling to avoid grappling with a grappler. If you re a grappler than you must understand striking to avoid a boxing and kicking contest with a striker.

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

That Vale tudo argument is old. Even though there were less rules, there were rules, and also the fighters came from styles training under style rules, still using same tactics There is a reason for those rules, they are in place to protect fighters. Makes sence right. If a gun is restricted by law in a country, the reason is effectiveness of it. I really can't get around my head, how people are ignoring this logic fact. If Ufc fighter could use certain tactics, you would see shift in a fighting styles there over time, because it would take time till they figure it out. Simple as that.

[@woklam342]

guys listen jkd is actually krav maga u can call chinese krav maga . isreal krav maga vs chinese krav maga

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

No it's not.

[@maestro1168]

It’s not but both JKD and Krav Maga doesn’t restricted by the sport rules like MMA/boxing,etc.

[@djoneforever]

JKD uses anything and everything to win and yes guns, knives. No rules, kill or be killed. MMA is just a sport, no killing, no weapon and lots of rules.

[@gedbookings2328]

JKD is most certainly a mixture of technique from various martial arts; boxing, savate, kali, wing chun, grappling etc. and therefore technically is “MMA”. JKD hobbyists and enthusiasts aside, the average JKD practitioner is doing himself a great disservice if they haven’t adapted to the times and incorporated actual MMA training into their arsenal.

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

Except Bruce didn't put it together like you say. It may be, what majority of so called JKD practitioners of 2022 do, but its not as Bruce intended.

[@axelstone3131]

@@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFOholy shit how ignorant is this guys comment 🤦‍♂️

[@axelstone3131]

You are utterly utterly clueless. JKD intercepts and exploits all vulnerable of other systems. That’s how it operates. It is the surgeons scalpel to your butter knife.