hi guys! Great place you’ve got here. Good to find a JKD forum that is’nt prejudiced against or based on certain styles of our great art of JKD. The JKD community can learn a lot from this forum, because as long as we produce better martial artists this is all that is needed to honor Sigong Bruce Lee.
Let me talk about myself. I have been a Bruce fanatic ever since I was a child, and have trained in various arts, from Jiudo to Ninjutsu. Anyway, I had the great priveledge of accessing some notes Bruce wrote from a man I trained with in China. As a result I felt inspired by the legacy left by Bruce and decided to create the ultimate tribute to him.
So I founded Chi Kune Do. You see, JKD now has turned a full circle. It started off from a chi based nucleus, you can see it in the yin and yang references Bruce always made. On the notes I saw in China, Bruce wrote commentaries on harnessing Chi in practical JKD. You see, contrary to popular belief there were actually SIX ways of attack. The sixth way Bruce did not write down in his American writings as he felt the public was too sceptical. The sixth way is chi-based.
Some of you may know this, before Bruce died, he was perfecting a one-inch punch. Not the regular one-inch punch he demonstrated at conventions. But rather, Bruce wanted to punch at a point one-inch away from a target, and then extend his chi to hit it. Needless to say, this would give him an incredible reach advantage, and nullify the need for the vertical fist.
Anyway, more on this in the future. I hope to receive support from you guys as I tread down this hard path towards; the forgotten form of JKD, which I have dubbed Chi Kune Do.
Always train hard!
“may the chi forces be with you!”
Grandmaster Mild7(founder of mild-style monkey triangle gung fu/chi-force improved Chi Kune Do)
Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it’s hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place. Louis L’Amour
BTW, did I mention that Rogue was an @ss? Watchman[/i]
"Some of you may know this, before Bruce died, he was perfecting a one-inch punch. Not the regular one-inch punch he demonstrated at conventions. But rather, Bruce wanted to punch at a point one-inch away from a target, and then extend his chi to hit it. Needless to say, this would give him an incredible reach advantage, and nullify the need for the vertical fist. "
Where did you get this? Bruce didn’t do anything internally.
I understand if you are sceptical. After all this was what Bruce expected of the American public.
The man who showed me the writings(Wong Soon Leong) already warned me of the skepticism and jealousy within the JKD community. And this was why I renamed it Chi Kune Do, to show that while there was some assosciation with JKD there is still some differences. Mainly, a return to the internal arts. There is no need for interception when you can extend your chi.
I also learned from Sifu Wong ‘monkey triangle gung fu’(translation). The triangle represents a “hard” circle, because the art is hard. But it has flow, hence the continuity of the triangle. I have dubbed my version ‘mild-style’ because I resynthesised the art with Tai Chi elements to neutralise the potential self-damage from some of the external elements. My style of monkey gung fu is a composite art, I have also elements of BJJ and other modern arts in it and I feel it is truly effective.
This is my chinese MA history.
So I hope to receive support from you guys. I will comment later on the fifth range of attack most JKD’ers do not know about. And how my style of monkey KF exploits this fifth range.
Train hard
“may the chi forces be with you!”
Grandmaster Mild7(founder of mild-style monkey triangle gung fu/chi-force improved Chi Kune Do)
Bruce was also working on an anatomically correct practice tool.
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Rogue, you’re an @ss!! Watchman
Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it’s hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place. Louis L’Amour
BTW, did I mention that Rogue was an @ss? Watchman[/i]
Hi again guys. I really wish you would’nt be so sceptical of my system. Like i’ve said, it’s not exactly JKD(how can it be when the focus is on chi extension rather than interception). But it is based on some JKD theories. I will gladly clear up any doubts, you are welcome to even pay a visit to my kwoon.
Lottsrak(sp?),
in response to your question on midair submissions. You are right, it’s application is obvious. This is actually the FIFTH range of fighting I was talking about!!
(1)kicking
(2)punching
(3)trapping
(4)grappling
(5)mid-air
Actually the midair range comes BEFORE grappling, but I label it the fifth range as noone has thought of it. Why go to the ground when you can put a submission on during midair flight? Obviously ‘air time’(as I call it) is difficult to achieve, it is an extension of my version of monkey gung fu(MGF). You have to learn the body’s grip points, so you literally climb on your opponent. The agility you get from MGF also helps.
This midair techniqeus are more in depth than the mere flying triangle/armbar. No, there is a whole new world in it.
The applications are obvious. Multiattack scenarios are possible with midair subs, establish a grip point and break an opponents arm before even going to the ground!
Once I have trained enough ppl in this system we will test it in the UFC.
train hard!
“may the chi forces be with you!”
Grandmaster Mild7(founder of mild-style monkey triangle gung fu/chi-force improved Chi Kune Do)
That’s an awful lot of stuff when all you want to do is punch a guy in the nose.
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Rogue, you’re an @ss!! Watchman
Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it’s hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place. Louis L’Amour
BTW, did I mention that Rogue was an @ss? Watchman[/i]
Hi again guys. Good to see you are finally warming up to me and my devastating art of Chi Kune Do.
To the person who talked about the ballistic range, this is a mere mutation of my midair concept. I used the midair concept way back, then some particular JKD teachers took it and renamed it the ballistic range. Over the years it began to incorporate elements such as gun-play. This however, is AGAINST the very essence of Chi Kune Do. Why shoot someone when you can extend you chi and get the same effect?
Of course, some of you will still doubt this. Let me share a story with you. A student of mine, on his way to my kwoon related this to me, whether you believe him or not is up to you. Anyway, on the street he was held up at gunpoint by this crack-addict. Funny thing was, my student was’nt afraid for some reason, but absent-mindedly directed his chi to the barrel of the gun, which deactivated it. He then walked away from the situation unscathed.
It is stories like this that convince my Chi Kune Do is the only true way. You have to start to believe that ridiculous things CAN happen. Most ppl mock the concept of CKD and midair fighting, but when they see it done they are filled with awe. This is why I plan on sending my fighters to the UFC, I am currently in negotiations with Rorion(yes, he still has a part in the UFC) to allow a multiple attacker UFC… this will be the perfect way to show the world the effectiveness of midair submissions.
Chi is the way!
“may the chi forces be with you!”
Grandmaster Mild7(founder of mild-style monkey triangle gung fu/chi-force improved Chi Kune Do)
When did the JKDers stop training in the sense of humor range?
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Rogue, you’re an @ss!! Watchman
Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it’s hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place. Louis L’Amour
BTW, did I mention that Rogue was an @ss? Watchman[/i]
I personally don givaFUCK what bruce renamed kung fu or how he broke it down. I saw video footage of him fighting and my sifu could easilly have kicked his ass. He was fast, but he only made one volley at a time. Pretty begginner if you ask me.
