Inthepast,manyhavetriedtodefineJKDintermsofa distinctstyle:BruceLee'skung-fu;BruceLee'skarate; BruceLee'skickboxing;BruceLee'ssystemofstreet fighting.TolabelJKD"BruceLee'smartialart"isto completelymistakeBruceLee's-andJKD's-meaning.JKD's conceptssimplycannotbeconfinedwithinasinglesystem. To understandthis,amartialartistmusttranscendtheduality of"for"and"against,"reachingforthatpointofunity whichisbeyondmeredistinction.TheunderstandingofJKD isthedirectintuitionofthispointofunity.Accordingto BruceLee,knowledgeinthemartialartsultimatelymeans self-knowledge.ItmustbeemphasizedthatJeetKuneDoismerelyaname,a mirrorreflectingourselves.Thereisasortofprogressive approachtoJKDtraining,butasLeeobserved:"Tocreatea methodoffightingislikeputtingapoundofwaterinto wrappingpaperandshapingit."Structurally,manypeople mistakeJKDasacompositestyleofmartialartbecauseofits efficiency. AtanygiventimeJeetKuneDocanresemble Thai boxingorwingChunorwrestlingorkarate.Itsweaponry resemblesFilipinoEscrimaandkali;inlong-range applicationitcanresembleNorthernChinesekung-fuor Savate.AccordingtoLee,theefficiencyofanystyledependsupon circumstancesandthefightingrangeofdistance:thesoldier employsahandgrenadeat50yards,buthechoosesadagger forclose-quarterscombat. Astaff,totakeanotherexample,is thewrongweapontotaketoafightinatelephonebooth;a knife would again be the most appropriate weapon.JeetKuneDoisneitheropposedorunopposedtotheconcept ofstyle.Wecansaythatitisoutsideaswellasinsideofall particularstructures.BecauseJKDmakesnoclaimto existingasastyle,someindividualsconcludethatitisneutral orindifferenttothequestion.Again,thisisnotthecase,for JKD is at once "this" and "not this."byDanInosanto(theonlypersonevercertifiedbyBruceLee to teach)
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