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Jeet Kune Do Jeet Kune Do - Basic TenantJeet Kune Do is the martial arts style that Bruce Lee (Martial artist and Actor) invented. A Jeet Kune Do fighter goes to the furthest extent and adapts himself to defeat his opponent. A Jeet Kune Do fighter isn't worried about getting hurt, as Bruce Lee said " Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain: Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; Let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely-lay down your life before him!" There is no rigid form in Jeet Kune Do. All that there is, is this understanding: If the enemy is cool, stay cooler than him, if the enemy moves, move faster than him. Jeet Kune Do rejects all restrictions imposed by forms and formality and emphasizes the clever use of mind and body to defend and attack. The basic Tenant of Jeet Kune is to not be limited or constrained. Meaning to not be restricted to a certain moveset/style, to destroy your own impulses from the instinct of self-preservation, meaning Jeet Kune Do is directed toward oneself. In Jeet Kune Do, all the technique is to be forgotten; to float in totality, to have no technique is to have all technique - Bruce Lee.
 HistoryBruce Lee officially named his way of Martial Art in July 1967, while he was in the US. This was during the beginning of his acting career, noticeably after he performs in "the Green Hornet" as Kato. He began to lose faith in the Chinese classical arts because 'all styles are products of dry-land swimming'. And his line of training moved more toward efficient street fighting where everything goes. And he named it 'the way of intercepting fist", or Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee uses his Martial Arts style in many of his movies, the most famous example is in "The Way of the Dragon", with the Legendary fight against Chuck Norris. Jeet Kune Do has also been used by modern Martial Art actors, such as Jet Li. He taught Jeet Kune Do to many students, and it lives on today.
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