What JKD dvd set would be recommended to buy?

Question

I want to learn JKD (Jeet Kune Do) Is there a Complete DVD set anyone would recommend? A Complete Book too would be great. Highest Quality in teaching preferred.

Answer 1

You cannot learn ANY martial art from a book, a DVD, or some course online. Sorry. The absolute best you could hope for is a shadow of the art with no understanding of the concepts and principals behind it, it will be no more than a dance.

As a beginner you will make mistakes in timing, breathing, body position, balance, body mechanics, and many other things that will render your techniques useless. Books, DVD's, and the internet cannot correct these mistakes, nor can you correct these mistakes if you cannot see them or do not have the knowledge to know that they are mistakes.



I also must point out the Bruce Lee NEVER intended JKD to be a codified art. It is a philosophy for training in any art and in fact a set curriculum is against the very nature of JKD. It was Lee's students that decided to cash in on his name, that started the JKD schools.

Answer 2

You don't learn martial arts just by watching a DVD / tv show, or by reading a book.



If you want to learn the true principles of JKD (which is a philosophy, not a fighting style) find an instructor that has a direct lineage to Bruce Lee. Also make sure that the connection is as short as possible (i.e. the person training you or that person's master actually trained with Lee). Anything further than that will distort what Lee actually intended people to take from his teachings.

Answer 3

There are several VERY different curricula that are all called JKD, that are legitimate based on lineage from Bruce Lee.



The main two branches are



- Original JKD aka Jun Fan JKD or "The Nucleus" (under Ted Wong, Taky Kimura, James Lee), and



- JKD Concepts (under Dan Inosanto, and including Bustillo, Hartsell, Vunak, etc. Even teachers like Demitrius Barbito, Kelly Worden, and Matt Thornton are from this lineage--and their material all looks VERY different).



The "best" depends on the criteria by which you're judging. Are you looking for the program most similar to what Bruce Lee himself did? Or the program that applies his ideas the best, to teach you to fight well, the fastest? Should it include defenses against knives? Should it include grappling? Should it teach the exact kind of grappling the Bruce Lee did, or should it include the modern advances that most JKD practitioners use today?



Figure out what you want, and look for the names I've mentioned. I personallly am a fan of Matt Thornton and his associate Luis Gutierrez, but there has been tremendous evolution from what Bruce Lee himself practiced, to the point where they are really doing more sport MMA than anything else. Their teaching is very systematic and logical, and easy to follow... but the content may not be what you want. For applications of JKD to street fighting, Vunak and Barbito are very good. For the really classical Bruce Lee curriculum, look for videos with the names I mentioned under "original"/"nucleus".



Videos are much better than books when it comes to learning physical skills.

Answer 4

Paul Vunak has some pretty good stuff on dvd and Dan Inosanto has good stuff too.



Both are concepts though if you want jun fan gung fu jeet kune do then Ted Wong & Richard Bustillo's dvds are what you want and if you are into all 4 or 5 styles of jkd (that vary depending where he lived) like me then they are all good lol



My personal favoutite is Paul Vunaks Enigma



*EDIT*

Shaolin JKD Fusion is right the videos are for people who already know the style and are looking to see what other practitioners are doing really and to possibly learn from their methods.

Answer 5

DVD Martial arts learning?



Be careful, unless you already have training experience and understand

critical elements of the movements and techniques you wish to learn you will not begin to understand what you do not know.



Many DVD training videos are for practitioners of martial arts. To think that you can learn just from a DVD is not logical.



Being fortunate enought to train with Mr. Inosanto and Mr. Warden and other master level martial artists the fine details and intent of hands on live training is missing in a video.



The DVD is a great tool to help you, and can greatly enhance your training and help you develop, but it cannot adequately teach you key core characteristics that only live hands on training will provide.



Using DVD training is a good tool but not enough to say a complete training..

Answer 6

To learn JKD means to learn how to be yourself and how to express yourself. Nobody else can teach you that except YOU.