Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do (JKD) Concepts

“Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own” – Bruce Lee

Brandon Lee and Walt Missingham

Brandon Lee (son of the late Bruce Lee) with Australian Jeet Kune Do Association President, Walt Missingham

Jeet Kune Do (JKD) Concepts are Bruce Lee’s fighting philosophies. JKD encompasses principles that move you towards success in combat, and can be applied to different martial arts styles.

Some of the most common JKD principles include:

  • Flexibility or Adaptability – “Be like water”
  • Economy of Motion – Efficiency, Directness, Simplicity
  • Ranges of Combat – Kicking, Punching, Trapping, Grappling, Weapons
  • Methods of Attack – Single Direct Attack, Attack by Combination, Progressive Indirect Attack, Attack by Drawing, Hand/Foot Immobilisation Attack
  • Centreline Theory
  • Combat Realism

At the A.I.M. Academy, we incorporate JKD Concepts into our martial arts training, especially our FMA and RBSD classes.

About the Author

The A.I.M. Academy specialises in Martial Arts, Self-Defence, Fitness and Personal Training programs for kids, teens, and adults. Conveniently located in Footscray (Melbourne, Australia), our programs include Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Filipino Martial Arts (Eskrima-Kali-Arnis), Jeet Kune Do (JKD) Concepts, Reality-Based Self-Defence (RBSD), Women's Self-Defence. For more information, go to http://aimacademy.com.au