Jeet Kun Do
![The Jeet Kune Do Emblem The Taijitu represents the concepts of yin and yang. The Chinese characters indicate: "Using no way as way" and "Having no limitation as limitation". The arrows represent the endless interaction between yang and yin.[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JeetKuneDo.svg)
The Jeet Kune Do Emblem
The Taijitu represents the concepts of yin and yang. The Chinese characters indicate: "Using no way as way" and "Having no limitation as limitation". The arrows represent the endless interaction between yang and yin. |
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| Also known as | JKD, Jeet Kun Do, Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do |
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| Focus | Eclectic & Hybrid |
| Creator | Bruce Lee |
| Parenthood | Wing Chun, Western Boxing, Épée Fencing |
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| Literal meaning | Way of the Intercepting Fist | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiéquándào |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jit6kyun4dou6 |
| IPA | [tsìːt̚.kʰy̏ːn.tòu] |
| Jyutping | Zit6 Kyun4 Dou6 |
Jeet Kune Do, (Chinese: 截拳道; Cantonese Yale: Jit6kyun4dou6; [tsìːt̚.kʰy̏ːn.tòu]) abbreviated JKD, is an eclectic and hybrid philosophy of martial arts heavily influenced by the personal philosophy and experiences of martial artist Bruce Lee. Lee, who founded the system on July 9, 1969, referred to it as "non-classical", suggesting that JKD is a form of Chinese Kung Fu, yet without form. Unlike more traditional martial arts, Jeet Kune Do is not fixed or patterned, and is a philosophy with guiding thoughts. It was named for the Wing Chun concept of interception or attacking while one's opponent is about to attack. Jeet Kune Do practitioners believe in minimal movement with maximum effect. On January 10, 1996, the Bruce Lee Foundation decided to use the name Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do (振藩截拳道) to refer to the martial arts system which Lee founded; "Jun Fan" being Lee's Chinese given name.
In the screenplay of the 1973 Warner Brothers film, Enter the Dragon, when Lee is asked, "What's your style?" Lee replied, "My style?...You can call it the art of fighting without fighting."
The name Jeet Kune Do was often said by Lee to be just a name, and he often referred to it as "the art of expressing the human body" in his writings and in interviews. Through his studies Lee came to believe that styles had become too rigid and unrealistic. He called martial art competitions of the day "dry land swimming". He believed real combat was spontaneous, and a martial artist cannot predict it, but only react to it, and a good martial artist should "be like water"—move fluidly without hesitation.
Originally, when Lee began researching various fighting styles, he called it Jun Fan Gung Fu. Not wanting to create another style which would share the limitations that all styles had, he instead described the process which he used to create it:
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