Tentigers,
I met Burton Richardson before, and had a few minutes to chat to him abotu MA. Also observed his skill in a class once. Im impressed, and as hskwarrior and yao sing says, he also has a traditional back ground. its evedent from his moves and his approach. I still think that what they call JKD these days, are probably more MMA than anything else.
However, I also believe that martial arts are all moving towards the MMA model in the future. It will be more about practicing drills than practicing forms, and a lot of things with get lost in the process. Perhaps thats a good thing, as it will then return back to its roots.
I also think that soon MMA trainers will also start going back to SOME ‘traditional’ training methods (perhaps ‘traditional’ conditioning sets or somehting). In the end, its all about creating a better over all fighter.
Im also wondering if its not a case really of ‘traditional’ returning back to real traditional training. The fact that there are so many different styles that are mixed together (CHOY LAY FUT / TaiShingPekGwa etc etc), shows you that the masters of old pretty much did the same thing as they do now.