What was the style of martial arts that Bruce lee invented?

Question

what was the style of martial arts that Bruce lee invented and why does noone teach it. the movie (OK i know its a movie) claims he tried to take the best of many forms to create one. If thats the case i figure it would be very popular???????

Answer 1

Bruce Lee "researched" his own style. To him it was called Jeet Kune Do. Which in Cantonese means "Way of intercepting fist." He did his research mostly in the 60's through 70's until his unfortunate passing. He had a few students, like Dan Inosanto who has an academy in Marina Del Rey, CA. I believe Jerry Poteet also a student also has a studio.

Jeet Kune Do, in my own interpretation, does not really "exists" as a "style". If you do more inquiries on Bruce Lee and his students like Dan Inosanto, you will see that what Bruce Lee was doing was researching for his own purpose, his own way. He was trying to show us how to liberate ourselved from "styles". To be able to do our own research on the (so many) different styles and: "Absorb what is useful, Reject what is useless, and add specifically what works for us."

There are some schools that teach Jeet Kune Do. But these are concepts/theories of different "ways" of what that teacher has found in his/her research. Guro Dan Inosanto for example, would also tell you as he shows you the JKD concepts, where a certain art comes from. He tells you what era of time Bruce and him were researching such a concept. Also why that came about and why (for that time period). For someone to call JKD a "style" is calling it the doctrine "truth"...which is what Sifu Bruce Lee wanted to avoid. As you will find out with more research in JKD and Bruce Lee and his students from back in the day...Bruce Lee was way ahead of his time. Even today, what we all call MMA, Bruce was showing bits and pieces of that in the beginning scenes of Enter the Dragon.

Keep your mind open to everything. As Guro Dan says:

"We are all climbing different paths through the mountain of life, and we have all experienced much hardship and strife.
There are many paths through the mountain of life, and some climbs can be felt like the point of a knife. Some paths are short and others are long, who can say which path is right or wrong? The beauty of truth is that each path has its own song, and if you listen closely you will find where you belong. So climb your own path true and strong, but respect all other truths for your way for them could be wrong."

Answer 2

Jeet Kune Do, which is based on the concept that speed will always win a fight, so Bruce therefore based the art around the fact that the shortest route to your target is the quickest which is why it does not involve for example hooking punches as a striaght jab is shorter and there fore quicker, or spinning kicks as a simple front quick is more direct and again therefore quicker.
All the flashy spinning kicks etc that he displayed in his movies were just to make the movie more exciting, in the real world his fighting style is actually quite boring to watch but very effective which is what really counts in the heat of battle !

Answer 3

The actual Name of it is Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do.

Bruce studied Many different Martial Arts, and found the weaknesses from those, as well as the other types of fighting disciplines (like Boxing, Wrestling, Kickboxing etc.) and used what he learned from Wing Chun (the first Martial Art that he studied formally) to combine these techniques to create a more streamlined discipline without the classical or traditional methodology.

It is taught aound the world, but mostly as far as I know it is mostly taught in the U.S. they are currently certification criteria now for instructors but it's still going to take some time before they can get it set into motion

The problem is that many disciplines aren't taught EVERYWHERE, Jeet Kune Do just prob'ly isn't taught around the area that you live in (I ive in Florida, and the closest school of Jeet Kune Do is in West Palm Beach and it's quite possibly the ONLY school in Florida.)

as I said earlier, not all Martial Arts are taught everywhere, even though many of them are taught around the world, but there has to be a martket for people who want to study Martial Arts, no matter what discipline it is.

otherwise having a school with no students to populate or participate in the class is useless.

Answer 4

The Art was or should I say called is Jeet Kune Do, witch means The Way of Intercepting the Fist.
I take it you have never purchased a Martial Arts magazine?, just take a look because they are full of these self-proclaimed JKD master who market book, VHS, DVD, etc. All of witch they are making money off the late Lee Jun Fan, his birth given name.
Today, us Martial Artist call it cross-trainning or mix-Martial Arts.
And last of all it is very popular..check out all those adds and at one time or another, every few months a M/A magazine will feature one of them money makers.

Answer 5

Bruce Lee's Jeet Kun Do (also known as Jun Fan) was primarily used for teaching self-defense, and not of a competitive nature.

It combines many of the best aspects of Kung Fu, American Boxing, Muay Thai and other styles as well to help the pratictioner to learn to "float in totality".

Bruce Lee often advocated the "less is more" theory - the idea that to become a more effective fighter,you must strip away all the non-essential movements.

Some of Bruce's greatest students (who went on to teach) include:

Dan Inosanto (who actually deseves credit for ALSO developing Jeet Kun Do , as he was both a student and a teacher to Bruce Lee)

Jerry Poteet - has many US based schools
Paul Vunak - trains with schools and videos
Dr. Jerry Beasley - Radford University

Just to name a few

Answer 6

I believe it was jeet kun do. It was a combination of many other martial art styles which allowed a fighter to be a lot more flexible. I will be checking back here as I am sure there are people who know a lot more about it than I do and I would like to find out a bit more.

Great question and resepct to Bruce Lee for inspiring it.

Answer 7

It is called Jeet Kune Do ,in english it means way of the intercepting fist . It is fairly popular , but its more of a concept than a single style . Many people apply his thearies to arts they have already learned . Dan Inosanto is one of the main instructors of what Bruce Lee taught .

Answer 8

Jeet kune do ( the way of the intercepting fist )

But whats taught depends to an extent on each individual instructor although they derive their main basics from Dan inosanto who was both Bruce's student and friend

search on google as there are many clubs about

Oh! Sapboi's reply is very good !!!!!

Hope this helps : )

Answer 9

It's Jeet Kune Do.
JKD or Jeet Kune Do is the only non-classical Gung Fu system in existence today. It was born from Lee's idea to take the best of Wing Chun Kung Fu, American Boxing , French Fencing and Grappling to bring them together as the ultimate combat art, from the ultimate combat artist.

Yes, It's still being taught TODAY! Check out: http://www.leejkd.com/ for more details.

Answer 10

It is called "Jeet Kun Do." In Bruce Lee's words - "The Way of the Intercepting Fist." I think Tae Kwon Do, Karate, and Wushu are still the most popular martial arts. You may have to look harder, but I am sure there are some teachers out there...